Category Strategy Support Lead - Assets

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

Job Family Group

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Entity

Technology

Job Family Group

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description

Working Hours: This role operates on a shift basis and requires flexibility.

Candidates Must Be Flexible To Work Either

• Shift A (ASPAC/EU): 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM MYT, or
• Shift B (ASPAC/US): 5:0 PM – 2:00 AM MYT.

About The Role

The Category Strategy Support Lead – Assets plays a key role in supporting the development and execution of category strategies that drive value, mitigate risk, and optimise supplier performance across bp's Assets category portfolio. Working closely with Category Managers, business stakeholders, and suppliers, you will provide market intelligence, strategic insights, supplier performance support, and category enablement to help deliver procurement and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of category strategies across the Assets portfolio, including market analysis, sourcing activities, demand planning, and value delivery initiatives.
• Develop high-quality presentations, reports, and strategic communications that support stakeholder engagement and informed decision-making.
• Lead and coordinate a category support team, ensuring work is prioritised effectively and aligned to business needs.
• Support supplier performance management through reviews, risk assessments, performance improvement plans, and issue resolution activities.
• Monitor category performance and KPI delivery, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation.
• Drive standardisation of category management processes, sourcing tools, reporting, and governance practices.
• Manage and optimise procurement buying channels, including SAP Ariba content, ensuring compliance with contracts, pricing, and procurement policies.

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Business, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6–8 years' experience in Indirect Procurement, Category Management, or Strategic Sourcing.
• Experience supporting category strategies within complex industrial, engineering, operations, asset-intensive, or infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of category management, supplier relationship management, contract management, spend analysis, and commercial value creation.
• Ability to interpret business requirements and market intelligence to support sourcing strategies and procurement decision-making.
• Experience working with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to drive performance, manage risk, and deliver business outcomes.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Experience leading teams or coordinating work within a matrix or project-based environment.
• Comfortable working in global, multicultural organisations and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• CIPS qualification or working towards membership.
• Experience supporting Assets, Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Industrial Services, or Technical Procurement categories.
• Experience with SAP Ariba, Salesforce, Compass, or similar procurement technologies.
• Strong digital fluency and ability to leverage technology to improve procurement outcomes.
• Experience working across international teams and managing remote stakeholder relationships.

Benefits

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the demeanor of giving back to our environment are highly valued
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
• Life and health insurance, medical care package
• And many other benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills

Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Product and market intelligence, Supplier Relationship Management

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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