Transformation consultant

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About bp

At bp, our people are our most valuable asset. The People, Culture & Communications (PC&C) function fosters a diverse, inclusive culture where everybody can thrive. As part of an integrated energy company, PC&C is embarking on a major transformation to be more competitive, responsive, and customer-focused.

We’re investing in key locations such as India, Hungary, Malaysia, and Brazil, offering an exciting but challenging opportunity to shape a fast-moving PC&C function, building teams and structures and driving continuous improvement.

We’re looking for driven, ambitious enthusiasts who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about people. If you're ready to build something transformative, this is the place for you.

Role synopsis

The transformation team provides enduring transformation capability and expertise that enables bp’s evolving operating model to deliver our strategy and deliver predictable performance. The Transformation Consultant will support to accelerate meaningful people-centred transformation programs/projects across bp  - turning strategic ambition in sustainable performance. The role will support people-centric transformation initiatives that are aligned to and deliver our strategic ambitions.

The jobholder will do this by
- supporting complex people change programs by aligning strategy and execution
- supporting to develop solutions with our businesses that empower bp to unlock value, adapt and thrive in a world of constant change

Role purpose

The Transformation Consultant will work with transformation leaders and colleagues in multidisciplinary squads to deliver a prioritised portfolio of change for a particular business problem or transformation challenge across the different entities and across the different regions. The role holder will lead a small team of transformation senior advisors. The role holder will join the transformation program/project working group to drive and lead certain transformation elements and coordinate different sub-workstreams to ensure transformation strategy, business case, plan, milestones are achieved in these critical business transformations.

Role reporting relationships – # direct, # indirect reports

2 direct reports – working closely with the transformation/M&A team and the Portfolio&Offer&Standards team

Role accountabilities:

Support transformation programs/projects in line with Business strategy

• Together with the Business and Transformation Lead work in a multidisciplinary squad to support a high-quality transformation program/project
• Provide expert advise on transformation capabilities including strategy activation, delivery methods, business agility, operating model, org design, people transition/change/engagement, share best practise and external insights
• Collaborate with key collaborators, including Business & P&C leadership, senior leadership across finance, legal and other relevant teams as required to ensure alignment and successful execution of transformation programs/projects.

Support the business to shape interventions, develop solutions and set up delivery

• Support rapid efficiency reviews across the operating model – eg Lean Efficiency Review, Red team reviews
• Support exploring adjacency opportunities to access new markets and product lines
• Support reviewing operating model effectiveness and developing 'to- be' designs, leading on structural, process and cultural improvements to activate strategy 
• Enabling maximum integrated value by supporting on organisational design, ways of working, governance, performance management and culture
• Support providing robust and diligent people transition services across major Transformation programmes including high level change and engagement strategy

Support the different M&A/Transformation teams in the development and execution of their respective project plans

• Direct day-to-day tasks and workflow, supervise progress, coordinate dependencies, risk management and issue resolution.
• Support in further developing the different playbooks and tools

Partner with our businesses in the BTC

Collaborate with key stakeholders in the BTC including Business & P&C leadership to ensure alignment and successful execution of transformation programs/projects

Formal Education:

Degree level education or masters (MBA), supplemented by professional certifications/ qualification in one or many of the transformation capabilities/ skills.

Skills

• Strong understanding of Transformation capabilities and scenarios – strategy activation, delivery methods, business agility, operating model, org design, M&A, people transition/change/engagement
• Experience with efficiency, offshoring, in- and outsourcing, growth transformations
• Proven ability to support sophisticated programs with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and challenging deadlines and driving commercial outcomes.
• Problem solving & critical thinking & commercial acumen - leveraging lean, six sigma and systems thinking
• Consulting Skills - excellent communication and interpersonal skills demonstrated ability to influence a broad range of stakeholders/leaders both internally and externally. Adaptability, teamwork, EMI and strong relationship management
• Ability to take ownership and deliver results in challenging, client-facing environments

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

Possess a global perspective and understanding of bp’s strategy, experience in the energy sector, 10+ years experience, consultancy background

Technical:

Strategy activation - draw strategic insights and shape transformation programmes to set them up for success

Delivery Methods – Identifying the appropriate delivery method (waterfall, agile, hybrid)

Business Agility– Clear understanding of the 5 domains of the Business Agility Institute framework - Enterprise agility, team agility, lean master, six sigma, CI, lean start up, design thinking, systems thinking

Operating model Diagnostics and Design - how people, process and technology come together in a structured way of working to deliver the strategy

Organisation Design - design of the organization’s structure, accountabilities, roles and responsibilities, interfaces and sizing; organising for agility and to enable end to end value

Mergers & acquisitions - lead the people workstream after deal signing be it integrating new businesses or separating them out as well as JVs.

People Transition, Change and Engagement – high level approach to transfer people from existing organisation to the future organisation

Behavioural:

Leadership, teamwork, psychological safety, resilience, continuous learning, coaching, customer centric thinking, knowledge sharing

Key relationships – internal, external

Internal (i.e. within bp) key relationships:

Senior Business leaders, Senior Transformation leaders, Senior P&C leaders, – will support the business to deliver the transformation program/project

External (i.e. outside of bp) key relationships:

Working closely with external partners if required on some of the projects

Why bp?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging 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. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and 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!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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