JOB DESCRIPTION:

The role is for an OEM Liaison Manager within the GME TD (Global Marine and Energy, Technology Deployment) team. The role sits within BP’s Advanced Mobility and Industrial Products (AMIP) organisation, located within the Innovation & Engineering (I&E) segment, supporting Castrol’s Subsea business.
The responsibilities of the role include managing technical relationships with key Energy industry OEMs, leading technology deployment and supporting new product development activities, securing product OEM qualification and endorsement, providing support to customer issues relating to lubricants and hardware.
The scope of the role includes all Energy industry OEMs such as subsea system vendors and subsea control suppliers, as well as all operators and customers. The role will also be required to oversee the Energy lab activities and coordination with all related GME and AMIP teams.
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.

Key Accountabilities

• Developing and maintaining the relationships with key technical groups in the Energy industry.
• Overseeing the Energy lab activities, coordinating internal and external testing requests.
• Being the first point of contact at the working level and representing BP Lubes technology at the OEMs’ technical centres.
• Work with OEMs to understand equipment design and application principles, in order to develop insights into the OEM’s needs.
• Proactively identify opportunities to work with the OEMs in support of the BP Lubricants business strategy.
• Presenting technical data to the OEMs to support an ongoing technical dialogue and to support product approval applications.
• Being the first point of contact for the product development (PD) teams on OEM trends, strategies etc., and viewed as the subject matter expert
• Develop lubricant technology offers in conjunction with the responsible PD teams and support the BP businesses and be able to strongly influence OEMs to engage in such technology offers.
• Maintain and support the BP approval process to make sure that the required approvals can be achieved in minimum turnaround times in support of the marketing activities.
• Manage OEM approvals records relating to BP lubricant products.
• Liaise with various cross-functional teams (regional technology, regional marketing, regional business) to make sure that BP’s product range is compliant to OEM’s and BP’s integrity rules
• Representing BP on relevant Industry Networks, as required.
• Forge strong links with functions within the GME Operating Unit, such as Sales and customer-facing Technical teams. Support GME to deploy industry-leading products and services to our customers.
• Influence our future technology strategy by providing input to product roadmaps and research activities.
• Develop and share expertise to facilitate continuous improvement with relevant teams, e.g. design and implementation of bespoke test methodology, peer review and engineering advice to support the team.

Essential Education

• Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or related science subject.

Essential Criteria

• Credibility to represent bp/Castrol technology within the OEMs
• Extensive experience of presenting technology to third parties
• A proven track record of building relationships and networks
• A strong team player
• Demonstrated collaborative approach to working.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.

Desirable Criteria and Qualifications

• Experience of lubricant product development or deployment, with specific experience relating to the GME Energy product range.
• Knowledge of oil and gas infrastructure and associated lubricant products e.g. subsea production systems, subsea control systems, subsea control fluids, offshore hardware and architecture.
• Knowledge of offshore products and applications e.g. subsea oil and gas production systems, subsea control systems, etc.
• Understanding of global environmental legislation applicable to offshore and marine lubricants e.g. REACH, OSPAR, etc.

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 others benefits.
Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

SKILLS:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agility tools, Business Requirements Analysis, Collaboration, Continuous Improvement, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Experimental Design, Formulation Deployment, Intellectual Asset Management, OMS and bp requirements, Personal Safety, Presenting, Problem Solving, Product Development, Project Management, Raw materials knowledge, Resilience, Rheology, Root cause analysis, Safety Leadership, Safety management across the value chain, Science and Technology Leadership, Sustainability awareness and action {+ 2 more}

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