New Product Development Team Lead

Job summary

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Retail Group

Job Description:

bp is an integrated energy company whose purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. But we can’t do it alone. We’re a diverse team of engineers, scientists, traders, and business professionals determined to find answers to problems that must be solved. We believe that our teams are strengthened by diversity. We invite applications from all suitable candidates regardless of your gender, race, sexual orientation, or neurodiversity.

Purpose of the role

The New Product Development Team Lead is a newly created role that will play an integral part in taking bp’s convenience offers to a new level and therefore will influence our overarching strategy. You’ll partner with the wider category team to develop and manage the commercial return of our Travel Centre sites. The core of this role is to identify, source and onboard new/immerging categories for Travel Centres.

Key Accountabilities

• Working with category team to build a commercial plan to grow and deliver P&L for retail Travel Centre stores
• Supports delivery of the (planfest) plan.
• Supports delivery of Total convenience commercial number
• Supports accelerated growth of bp’s Retail convenience stores, through a combination of ‘new product’ offerings and innovation
• Works with key stakeholders to ensure that products are developed and launched in line with bp guidelines
• Provides souring of new products and emerging categories to the category team in support of category plans and implementation
• Fosters close working relationships and excellent communication with key internal and external stakeholders including food/ingredient and equipment suppliers, category team, operations, procurement and supply chain

Essential Skills and Experience

• FMCG experience from either the supplier or retailer
• Demonstrated experience in developing a business strategy
• Strong commercial acumen
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders at a variety of levels
• Excellent communication skills

What’s in it for you?

• Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements
• Career development and mentoring programs
• Generous salary package including annual bonus program
• Share options, and fuel discounts
• Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave/4 weeks paid partner leave

Please be aware that all bp ANZ employees must be Permanent Residents or Citizens of Australia or New Zealand based on the role location.

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% 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:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Continued Learning, Continuous improvement, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Knowledge Sharing, Leading transformation, Negotiation planning and preparation, Offer and product knowledge, Offer execution and growth, Operational Excellence, Partner relationship management {+ 10 more}

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.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.