Indirect sourcing Lead (Mandarin Speaker)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Life and health insurance

Learning opportunities

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

bp is seeking a senior Sourcing Lead to shape and deliver global indirect sourcing strategy across multiple categories, including digital, marketing, professional services, and logistics. You will drive supplier strategy, governance, and procurement transformation while strengthening capability across the organisation.

The role requires leading end-to-end sourcing, tendering, and contract negotiation with global partners, ensuring value delivery and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in any subject area or related field.
• 8–10 years of proven end-to-end sourcing and contracting experience across global partners.
• Experience in the lubricants industry is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management across Global Stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Sourcing and Contracting projects per business requests.
• Develop global indirect sourcing strategy across categories (digital, marketing, professional services, logistics, workplace, travel, and more).
• Prequalify suppliers, manage tendering (RFI/RFP/Reverse Auctions), and negotiate terms for best value.
• Operationalize contracts in company systems and monitor supplier performance.

Skills

Agility core practices

Agility tools

Analytical thinking

Business requirements analysis

Category spend profiling

Category strategy

Digital fluency

Negotiation

Negotiation planning

Product and market intelligence

Supplier relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Family Group

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description

Role Synopsis

A senior procurement role accountable for shaping and delivering global sourcing strategy across indirect categories, driving enterprise value, influencing senior stakeholders, and strengthening procurement capability across the organisation.

Define and lead Castrol's enterprise-wide indirect sourcing strategy across global categories including digital, marketing and brand services, digital, professional services, logistics, workplace, HSSE, travel, contingent workforce, and MRO.

Accountable for driving global value delivery, supplier strategy, and procurement transformation, while strengthening governance, enabling consistent sourcing approaches, and improving procurement capability across the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

The Sourcing Lead will implement end-to-end Sourcing and Contracting projects as per business request, but not limited to the following activities:

Case Management

• Receive, implement and continuously handle a high volume of concurrent project requests via the Case Management tool, prioritising workload based on business criticality, value and risk.

Sourcing Strategy

• Gather and analyse market intelligence across global supply markets to advise sourcing strategies that support Castrol operational requirements, cost competitiveness and supply continuity.
• Develop sourcing strategies aligned to Castrol operations, including manufacturing plants, and commercial facilities, while ensuring compliance with global category strategies and governance.
• Develop the sourcing strategy and handle the associated approval processes.

Supplier Prequalification

• Perform Suppliers' screening/prequalification/due diligence and monitor/implement the process status as per the related guidelines.
• Work with category manager to define appropriate sourcing strategy to meet business requirements.
• Lead and manage tendering process including supplier clarification, evaluation and selection, ensuring fair, visible and competitive outcomes. Build and implement detailed negotiation plan to deliver the best value.
• Liaise with cross functional teams for sourcing projects and events (RFI, RFP, Reverse Auctions) with suppliers operating in diverse local, regional and global markets.
• Directly handle supplier engagement throughout the sourcing and negotiation process, ensuring clarity of requirements and commercial intent.
• Develop and acquire approvals for required documentation as per Governance Framework in respective regions.
• Determine the appropriate contract template and develop the contract content based on the information contained in the Sourcing Strategy, sourcing event and/or detailed scope of work specifications.
• Apply strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills to negotiate commercial and contractual terms with suppliers to optimise total cost of ownership, risk allocation and operational flexibility for Castrol, within legal and category guidance.
• Escalate any contract term exceptions per the deviation process, and handle the approval process.
• Ensure contract is driven and signed by appropriate signing authorities.

Contract Operationalization

• Operationalize contracts upon award in company tools and systems to enable effective execution, supplier performance monitoring and value realisation across Castrol sites.

Essential Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in any subject area or related field

Essential Experience And Job Requirements

• The ideal candidate has 8-10 years of proven end-to-end sourcing and contracting experience, with the ability to operate independently on complex, high-value and high-risk sourcing cases across multiple partners.
• Experience in the lubricants industry will be an advantage.
• Good partner management skills handling Global Stakeholders
• Experience working in a large and multi-cultural team
• Good influencing and negotiation skills, as well as proven leadership behaviors
• Proficient in English (oral and written) language.
• Proficient in Mandarin (oral and written) language is a MUST, to enable effective engagement with regional suppliers and partners.

Benefits

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude 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 and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, 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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