Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

As bp transitions to a coordinated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain driven performance. bp’s customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in CITY, COUNTRY. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, using technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC!

Job Title: Process Specialist Data Senior SME

About the role:

As the Process Specialist Data for Castrol you will lead the design, governance, and sustainability of the Castrol Data Ecosystem across all major ERPs, source systems, and digital platforms. The role ensures strategic alignment with the Digital Business Strategy and drives transformation through agile methodologies. The Process Specialist Data acts as a domain expert, product owner, or scrum master depending on the scope and scale of initiatives!

Key Accountabilities:

• Data Ecosystem Design & Lifecycle Management: Lead the design and continuous improvement of the Castrol Data Ecosystem, ensuring it is sustainable, scalable and aligned with the Data Management Framework, Data Standards and minimum design principles.

• Governance of the Data Management Framework: Supervise the repository covering data quality, pipelining, governance, modelling, compliance, and security across all systems and platforms.

• Strategic Data Challenge Resolution: Address data challenges across digital, MI, and analytics domains in collaboration with C&P, Technology, GBS, and Castrol’s PUs, HUBs, Functions, and Markets.

• Data Integration Leadership: Act as an integrator for internal and third-party data sources, ensuring alignment with the Castrol Data Fabric standards and principles and future proofing digital capabilities like data augmentation, predictive analytics, decision intelligence and AI.

• Collaborate with peers and support multi-functional teams

• Work across time zones and lead multi-disciplinary initiatives

• Approach: Apply a solutioning attitude to scale global to local and a fluent communicator

• Recommend data architecture strategies, continuous improvement opportunities, and capability/toolkit enhancements to the Digital Operational Excellence Manager and business collaborators.

Experience and Qualifications:

Education:

• Degree in an analytical field (preferably engineering)

Experience:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in delivering data strategies and ETL transformations within major ERP and business transformation programs.

• Deep expertise in data modelling, lineage, normalisation, harmonisation, Data pipelines and process design.

• Good ability to translate data into actionable insights using queries, models, and Power BI.

• Confident communicator with the ability to craft compelling data narratives.

Skills & Proficiencies:

• Strategic and problem solver with leadership capabilities.

• Expertise in ERP systems (SAP/R3, SAP/S4, JDE).

• Skilled in ERP data layer navigation and lineage assessment.

• Proficient in Power BI and data visualisation.

• Capable of working across multiple levels of detail: data lineage, normalisation, quality, security, process design, and systems architecture.

• Strong influencing and leadership skills, to be able to flex style, zoom in/out in leading junior and senior collaborators with different levels of expertise.

• Demonstrated success in multi-functional deployments and performance optimisation.

• Proven leadership skills and a track record of successful deployment across multiple areas, with a focus on input and output success criteria measures.

BP Behaviours:
Respect – Build strong, trust-based relationships through honest dialogue.
Excellence – Apply standard methodologies, act professionally, and strive for executional excellence.
One Team – Collaborate effectively and support team success.

You will work with:

You will be a part of 20 member Global Data & Analytics Team. You will operate peer to peer in a team of global seasoned experts on Process, Data, Advanced Analytics and Data Science. The Global Data & Analytics team reports into the Castrol Digital Enablement team that is managing the digital estate for Castrol where we enhance scalability, process and data integration!

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility tools, Business Operations, Business process architecture, Business process control, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Management, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Demand Management, Design Thinking, Goal Setting, Influencing, Lean Practices, Managing change, Managing Performance, Project and programme management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking, Workload Prioritization

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.

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