Bid Solutions Advisor - Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom - Bp Energy

Description

Entity:

Gas & Low Carbon Energy
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Strategic Planning & Business Development Group
Job Description:

The Offshore Wind (OFW) Bid Solutions Advisor will support the implementation of central bp bid strategy frameworks, bid process and bid governance into the offshore wind business at the portfolio level.

This role will support bid projects to craft their program and planning decisions to ensure delivery is targeted to the success criteria of auctions and bp's governance frameworks. This role is based in the OFW Market Intelligence and Bid Solutions team, part of OFW Business Excellence. The individual will collaborate across Business Excellence, OFW regional teams, plus enablers such as Engineering, Finance, Strategy, Sustainability & Ventures (SS&V) for business enhancement and decision-making purposes.

Key Accountabilities:

• Drive the development and adoption of the Bid Maturation Framework
• Facilitate workshops with senior staff to ensure scopes and delivery is effectively targeted to the success criteria of auctions.
• Develop and implement guidance to support projects in order to mature their Bid Strategy.
• Provide executive decision support during bid stage gates by preparing materials and briefing notes for bp senior management.
• Review and bring constructive challenge to executive decision materials ensuring alignment with bp offshore wind strategy and objectives.
• Develop effective decision-support material to support bid stage projects.
• Support the implementation of Stage Gate Process, Bid Prioritsiation and Resource framework.
• Support the interface with the transition office.
• Establish outstanding standards and templates to improve bid governance.
• Coordinate the exchange of lessons learnt across the OFW bid portfolio.
• Collaborate with other OFW teams, global and regional, to encourage knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• To be a self-starter with strong communication skills.
• Experience in energy sector or energy consulting.
• Change management skills or process management experience desirable.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to concisely present work product to business leaders at all levels
• Strong performance bias: the ability to deliver with attention to detail under tight timelines and to prioritize effectively.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• To work as part of an integrated project team usually across multiple projects concurrently.
• Collaborative approach with the ability to build rapport with team partners and internal customers.
• Ideally a degree in a commercial or business field however not crucial with comparable experience.

Why join us?

It's crucial to us that the differences we see in the world around us are reflected in our workplace. Who you are is what counts, not where you're from or how you live your life. At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others

Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be 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:

Acquisitions and divestments, Acquisitions and divestments, Agreements and negotiations, Analytics, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Commercial Business Development, Communication, Contractual risk management, Data visualization and interpretation, Deal structuring, Decision Making, Developing and implementing strategy, Economic evaluation methodology, Economic modelling, Financial Analysis, Financial Modelling, Influencing, Investment appraisal, Joint Venture Structuring, Long Term Planning, Managing change, Market Analysis, Project and programme management, Risk Management, Sector, market, customer and competitor understanding {+ 2 more}
Legal Disclaimer:

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