UK Network Planner

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better – and how you can play your part in our world-class team?

Join our Team and advance your career as a

UK Network Planner

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with internal and external collaborators especially the UK Operations and UK Dealer Teams ensuring alignment on the UK Network Strategy.
• Property & Network Development: Support the Team in delivery of their key objectives, including helping to model lease extensions and scenario planning.
• Forecasting New Store Profitability: Own the forecasting of shop sales and fuel volumes, own the M&S Geolytix model and the relationship with their key systems partners and maintain an Analogue Database to assist in Site Acquisition or Site development forecasting.
• Produce detailed DSP packs as part of the analysis of NTI/NTN opportunities to ensure they accurately represent the business rationale for approval at both UK and Global M&C investment committees.
• Network Strategy: Support in the construction and delivery of the UK Network Strategy, identify opportunities for growth, update on a yearly basis working in partnership with central strategy teams.
• bp Pulse: Attend the weekly site reviews, seek opportunities for our UK M&C business, highlight and call out risks with overlap on M&C CO locations and help drive the right decisions for the UK Network.
• DO Operations: Key point of contact for filtering new DO opportunities and ensuring no overlap with CO. Where needed manage the escalation process between bp UK Ops Director and UK Dealer Sales Manager making key recommendations.
• Competition: Visit new sites to maintain expert knowledge of the UK market, supporting the assessment of key opportunities.
• M&S Relationship: Act as main point of contact in the M&S relationship on behalf of the UK Asset Team. Produce supporting documentation to ensure we get the best levels of support and positive decisions by M&S Property team. Target is to get 80% of sites approved by M&S by producing the appropriate DSP’s and documentation to get support the M&S approvals process.
• Performance Management: Lead the Post Project Review process for all new locations and significant site extensions at 3 months post opening. Track performance of NTI/NTN’s relative to forecast, identify and share takeaways and ensure our financial modelling is validated ongoing.
   

• Proficiency in English language.
• Experience in large scale network location planning, and assessment
• Detailed understanding and significant experience of the Convenience, Fuel and Food Markets in the UK as well as understanding our competitor landscape.
• Exposure to senior leadership forums / environments and experience of developing complex documents to support significant capital investments and measuring returns.
• Experience of successfully working across multi-departments in large and complex organisations.
• Proven track record of supporting the delivery of Network Strategies that are endorsed at a senior level in relevant organisations.
• Strong leadership and strong internal and external stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Data-driven approach with experience in digital tools and analytics.
• Ability to drive decision making and understanding by using data to influence actions.
• Strong commercial competence and understanding of financial approval processes.
• High proficiency in reporting and performance tracking, specifically reporting against bp’s investment returns via robust post project review meetings.

• Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements
• Life & health insurance, medical care package
• Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs
• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
• Celebrate in bp’s success. You may be eligible to join bp’s Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules
• Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room
• Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!