Market Sector Sourcing Specialist

Description:The Market Sector Specialist is a member of the local Indirect Procurement team with responsibility to provide market and sourcing expertise in the global temporary staffing market and maintain critical business requirements. The Market Sector Specialist will work closely with the businesses and buyer groups and other sourcing specialists to communicate business needs and participate in the development of market sector strategies. The Market Sector Specialist will have to be proactive, responsive & flexible, and provide leadership in sourcing and procurement to the Business Segments and Functions.

Qualifications: plus years of procurement or supply chain experience in services or temporary staffing oven stakeholder engagement and enrolment experience rket expertise in Global Temporary Labour marketoject management experience is desired.uent in use of eSourcing applications such as Click Commerce is required.uent in MS Office tools including Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint is required.

Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experienceJob Location: Houston, TXJob Number: RUSABP4212-609311Company Profile:Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of nearly 100,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 100 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

Indirect Procurement delivers value to BP through effective implementation of market-facing strategies, which are developed from its deep understanding of the interplay between BP's demand and the supply markets. Value and risks are managed through the identification and use of supplier relationships where BP's scope, scale and buying power have been optimized. Further, Indirect Procurement's efforts are supported by a suite of procurement process and systems that allow for effective market engagements, contract development and management, purchasing activities and supplier relationship and performance management.

Indirect Procurement's Vision is to have, a world-class supply base firmly in place and readily accessible to our clients, producing a sustainable competitive advantage for BP, while delivering increased profits and boosting shareholder value. We will achieve our Vision by having a dedicated global team of professionals in place to execute our Indirect Procurement Strategy for BP, and by applying PSCM best practices in support of our clients across the enterprise.