Sustainability Operator

Job summary

Responsible for handling the logistics of a deal to BP's best commercial advantage whilst ensuring all contractual and group compliance obligations are met, acting as a key operational collaborate with internal and external partners, ensuring the front to back process runs smoothly and influencing trading decisions.

Entity:

Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

Job Summary:

Responsible for handling the logistics of a deal to BP's best commercial advantage whilst ensuring all contractual and group compliance obligations are met, acting as a key operational collaborate with internal and external partners, ensuring the front to back process runs smoothly and influencing trading decisions.

Job Description:

About the role:

The Sustainability Operations team sit within Trading Operations and are responsible for ensuring T&S Refining and Products Trading Europe follow all regulatory requirements relating to the trading of low carbon products derived from bio, circular and renewable sources. You will work closely with the trader and physical trading operator to ensure that for the part of the business you are responsible for the sustainability requirements are managed robustly, but also optimized within the rules of the sustainability scheme.

Key Accountabilities:

• You will be responsible for ensuring that the sustainability regulatory requirements for all sales and purchase agreements that you manage are met. This will involve working closely with traders and trading operators to improve profits on trades.
• For physical storage locations you manage you are responsible for quarterly mass balance coordination including closing and forecasting. This will include tracking sustainability stocks, ensuring all sustainability requirements are nominated as per contractual requirements and documentation is entered into the system of record in a timely manner.
• You will recognise and understand concepts of pricing around GHG escalators and work with the pricing teams to coordinate and final invoicing basis GHG % savings.
• Throughout the year you will be encouraged to prepare for and participate in regular external sustainability audits.
• As part of your role you will gain experience of the various voluntary and national sustainability schemes such as ISCC EU, ISCC Plus, Nabisy, Italian National Scheme, Road Transport Fuel Obligation, Dutch Double Counting and the Renewable Energy Directive.
• Have a strong focus on continuous improvement so that ways of working are detailed and existing processes / systems are improved.

Essential Experience

• A curiosity about sustainability and the circular economy.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with effective decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent multi-tasking ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to constructively challenge.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate regulatory requirements to partners.

Desirable Criteteria

• Knowledge of the sustainability regulatory requirements related to low carbon products derived from bio, circular and renewable sources.
• Knowledge of trading operations or commodity risk.
• Experience supporting the design and development of processes and systems.

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 disabilities may request a reasonable 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 accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.

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.

Travel Requirement

No travel is 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:

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, Shipping/transport, Supply chain management, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading and scheduling operations, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge, Troubleshooting, Voyage operations

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 disabilities may request a reasonable 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 accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.

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.