Assets Category Strategy Lead - Global Sourcing & Insights

bp; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life and health insurance

Medical care package

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

bp in Malaysia seeks a seasoned Category Strategy Support Lead for Assets, driving category strategies that deliver value, mitigate risk, and optimize supplier performance across bp's Assets portfolio. You'll collaborate with managers, stakeholders, and suppliers to provide market intelligence and enable category success.

Responsibilities include leading a category support team, conducting market analysis, and coordinating sourcing activities while ensuring governance and policy compliance

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 6–8 years' experience in Indirect Procurement, Category Management, or Strategic Sourcing.
• Experience supporting category strategies in industrial/asset-intensive environments.
• Strong understanding of category management and supplier relationship management.
• Ability to interpret business requirements and market intelligence for sourcing strategies.
• Experience liaising with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for the Assets portfolio including market analysis and sourcing activities.
• Produce high-quality presentations, reports and strategic communications for stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate a category support team aligned to business needs.
• Support supplier performance management through reviews and risk assessments.
• Monitor category performance and KPI delivery, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Drive standardisation of category management processes, tools, reporting and governance.
• Manage procurement buying channels including SAP Ariba content, ensuring policy compliance.

Skills

Agility practices

Agility tools

Analytical thinking

Category spend profiling

Digital fluency

Negotiation planning

Supplier relationship management

Education

Bachelor degree in Business/Procurement/Supply Chain

Tools

SAP Ariba

Salesforce

Compass

Job description

bp in Malaysia seeks a seasoned Category Strategy Support Lead for Assets, driving category strategies that deliver value, mitigate risk, and optimize supplier performance across bp's Assets portfolio. You'll collaborate with managers, stakeholders, and suppliers to provide market intelligence and enable category success.

Responsibilities include leading a category support team, conducting market analysis, and coordinating sourcing activities while ensuring governance and policy compliance