Workplace Solutions Manager Europe (m/f/d)

Job summary

To join our team in Bochum

At bp, we have only one thing on our minds: the energy of tomorrow. We want to reimagine energy so that we achieve net zero by 2050 at the latest. To achieve this, we are rethinking energy and relying on the expertise and passion of our 66,000 employees worldwide, 4,000 of them in Germany. Every day, with the products and services of our bp, Aral and Castrol brands, they ensure energy and mobility for millions of people - today and in the future.

Your tasks:

• Focus on delivering appropriate workplace services in your area of continental Europe
• Ensure the WS (Vested) partner’s autonomy and fulfil all the Vested bp governance requirements
• Manage short- and medium-term operating plans and their associated annual spend
• Actively influence senior business stakeholders to gain alignment for implementation and access to supporting resources locally
• Manage performance, by seeking stakeholder and end user satisfaction input on regular basis
• Ensure local legislation, standards and practices (HSSE etc.) are accurately captured in bp systems
• Collaborate with Technology, P&C and other Workplace and Change SME functions to ensure that all colleague services requirements are continually met
• Promote Vested methodologies
• As Workplace CRM you are the primary relationship holder with senior site leadership
• Work across all the Workplace teams to ensure that the relevant SMEs are engaged
• Act as an escalation point for the businesses
• Ensure regular communication with the business leaders on all workplace activity
• Ensure quality information and data is provided to the businesses to facilitate strategic decision making

• Uni or technical degree in Real Estate, Facilities Management or equivalent professional experience
• Excellent English skills and fluent German skills are a must-have requirement
• A successful track record of initiating, leading and managing multiple service functions
• Leading and inspiring internal and outsourced partnerships and teams
• Experience of leadership within property and workplace services
• Previous experience of facilities & property management, preferably in a global enterprise
• Proven experience of managing FM service contracts and in managing multi million dollar
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, building sustainable networks

• A team-oriented, agile working environment in which we promote and live diversity
• Family-friendly, flexible, and mobile working options, 30 days of recreational leave and special work-life balance programs
• Attractive remuneration and special benefits such as bonus and subsidized share programs, group accident insurance, company pension scheme, subsidized canteen/bistro, subsidized Aral fuel card
• Flexible working options in the office and remotely (hybrid working)
• Structured onboarding program incl. buddy support
• Opportunity to build a long-term professional career (also internationally) and expand skills through a variety of internal and external development programs
• Doubling of employees' private donations to charitable organizations, we reward voluntary time commitment
• Employees can offset their personal carbon footprint; we also double this amount