Trading Operations Technical Leader in London

The trading teams in STS RPTE are one of three regional Performance Units. Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

STS is primarily responsible for marketing BP’s Exploration production throughout the region, sourcing crude for our refineries, trading on behalf of our associates, and supporting our refinery assets in order to maximise commercial performance. Operations are a vital part of Supply and Trading. In RPTE, this covers physical, paper, and refinery coordination elements of operations across a large geographical region and deals with a wide variety of cultures and disciplines.

The Operations team comprises sub-teams namely Trading Operations, Voyage Operations, Cargo Assurance, Doc. Admin, Inventory Analysts, and Shipping Coordination. Operations have a key role to play in ensuring that the front to back process runs smoothly, technical expertise is provided, and that valuable data and information is collected, entered, and forwarded in a timely manner to maintain an efficient and compliant process. The team manages the logistics of a deal to BP’s best commercial advantage whilst ensuring that all contractual and Group assurance obligations are met.

Role Responsibilities

• Build technical and operational capability of operators on your bench including training new joiners, fostering learning, and encouraging knowledge sharing.
• Support day-to-day operations delivery and complex operational scenarios as required by the individual bench, thus supporting bench strategy.
• Provide out of hours’ cover as required by the individual bench.
• Encourage those around you to speak up for COLT events, ensure these are flagged to your TOM ASAP and recorded using the Five Whys in COLT with a strong focus on the actions taken.
• Support crossbench training and build capability as part of the Tech Lead community.
• Own operational input for bench related new business activity (including NAI’s), through regular engagement with both front office and functions.
• Interface with support functions as required for operations i.e. Tax, Commodity Risk.
• Organise and run weekly technical meetings including delivery of key messages to bench.
• Report incidents and manage risk on a root cause analysis basis, where required for operations on your bench.
• Support the delivery of trading strategy through technical input to maximise value.
• Work with the operations team leader on your bench to develop and embed 'our beliefs’ within the team.
• Support and where required lead in continuous improvement initiatives as well as digital projects across operations.
• Lead to ensure strict Trading Operations adherence to the ST&S and RPTE Risk Management Report and associated Trading Operations Risk Register.
• Lead in reporting Key ops Metrics & KPIs through the Ops Performance Management KPI app.
• Support and ensure Trading Operations perform against our Operations Framework and specific strategic goals.
• Strive to drive the Operations Pulse Survey Results in a positive direction as a collective LT.
• Ensure protection of bp's systems and information, including all our employee, customer, and consumer data through strong cyber security behaviours.

Role Requirements

• Strong skill in oil trading operations (cargo and/or barges).
• Able to demonstrate a proven track record in operational experience.
• Understand risk, compliance, HSSE, and Shipping requirements relating to operations.
• Proven track record of delivering commercial value.
• Strong leadership and communication skills including ability to motivate a team.
• Strong team player.
• Strong negotiation skills (formulating and implementing strategy).
• Ability to achieve operation and business goals through influencing, systematic planning, and effective management of available resources.
• Attention to operational detail.
• Ability to find innovative solutions to problems & work with M&D and/or I&E in support of our digital agenda.
• Proven track record of relationship building in front office environment and with external counterparties.
• Willingness to speak up.
• Having a strategic mindset as well as understanding/managing risks and implications of the business/people decisions.
• Identifying key issues in a complex situation, adapting quickly using the resources available to lead the Operations team and relating partners through changes effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and lead change and simplification within a team.

Skills

• Ancillary cost management.
• Commercial Acumen.
• Communication.
• Competitor intelligence.
• Customer service delivery excellence.
• Demurrage.
• Developing and implementing strategy.
• Influencing.
• Inventory Management.
• Listening.
• Marine assurance.
• Mentoring.
• Negotiating.
• Problem Solving.
• Sentiment and Trends.
• Shipping/transport.
• Supply chain management.
• Trade discipline and compliance.
• Trading and scheduling operations.
• Trading Fundamentals.
• Trading knowledge.
• Troubleshooting.
• Voyage operations.

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.

Why join us?

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package, and many others. We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and other benefits.