Excellence & Experience Senior Manager - HR
Job Description
The Excellence & Experience Senior Manager is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Operations & Advisory strategy and leading the Operation Excellence and Experience teams, as well as the Knowledge Management team globally. This role involves setting continuous improvement strategies, leading Continuous Improvement initiatives, and strategically collecting and listening to the Voice of Customer to enhance service performance, quality, and customer experience while ensuring cost efficiency in a safe and compliant manner.Collaboration with global operations field leaders, Global Solutions Owners, and Centres of Expertise (COEs) is essential to plan and prioritize projects and initiatives in alignment with the delivery of the division's strategy.
Role purpose:
To innovate and deliver HR services and solutions globally, ensuring compliance and consistency across Business Technology Centres, and driving continuous improvement and efficiency.
Role reporting relationships:
7 direct reports, 20 indirect reports
Role accountabilities:
- Create and implement operational excellence strategies
- Develop and implement continuous improvement framework
- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor operations
- Develop performance reporting tools
- Lead Knowledge Management team
- Plan and prioritize projects and improvement initiatives
- Collaborate with control & assurance team
- Establish and maintain key partner relationships
- Build a high-performing team
- Create an inclusive environment
- Inspire teams to learn new skills and adopt new practices
- Provide visible leadership to drive capability development
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical/business field; Master's degree preferred
Formal education requirements:
Skills:
- Project management skills
- Strong leadership skills in managing global teams
- Strong influencing, networking, and relationship-building skills
- Strong project management skills
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Advanced data analytic skills
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills
Essential Experience and Job Requirements:
- Minimum 15 years of working experience
- Significant (10+ years) leadership experience across process improvements, operations, and systems
- In-depth knowledge of HR processes
- Proven track record of driving strategic change
- Skilled in all Microsoft 365 suite of applications
Technical:
- Strong knowledge of HR tools and systems - Proficiency in Lean, Six Sigma, and other process improvement methodologies
Behavioural:
- Strong leadership skills in managing global teams
- Own your success
- Think big
- Be curious
- Effortless customer experiences
- Digital first
- Experience in recruiting, developing, and coaching employees
- Engaging and collaborative way of working
- Resilient and experienced in multi-faceted environments
Desirable experience:
Key relationships internal, external:
- Internal: SVP Ops & advisory
- Internal: Global Disciplinary service leader
- Internal: Global Solution Owners
- Internal: COE
- Internal: Control & Assurance team
- External: Vendor
- External: Industry expert
Why join our team
At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee 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.
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.
There are many aspects of our employees lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.
Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.