Discipline Senior Manager, Assurance & Continuous Improvement
HybridKuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Job Summary
Define and deliver the Procurement Assurance strategy, objectives, and metrics aligned to broader procurement and bp priorities. Lead a risk-based assurance programme that provides leadership with clear insight on procurement control effectiveness, systemic risks, and emerging themes. Oversee the Procurement Improvement Cycle (PIC) process, ensuring concerns and learnings are translated into actionable insights and measurable improvements. Deliver an effective supplier commercial audit programme and lead the scale-up of AI-enabled invoice validation capabilities. Support investigations, reviews, and high-risk procurement concerns by providing assurance expertise, independent insight, and root cause analysis. Build and lead a high-performing Assurance team while representing Procurement Assurance across internal and external forums. This role works closely with Procurement Leadership, Policy & Governance, Ethics & Compliance, Internal Audit, and Safety teams to shape assurance priorities.
Required Qualifications
- Degree educated or equivalent relevant professional experience
- Professional qualification related to procurement, audit, governance, risk, or compliance
- Strong understanding of procurement assurance, governance, controls, risk management, and procurement processes within complex organisations
- Experience leading assurance programmes, commercial audits, governance initiatives, and continuous improvement activities
- Knowledge of supplier governance, value leakage risks, invoice validation controls, and AI/digital assurance capabilities
- Understanding of Ethics & Compliance, ABC/AML, trade sanctions, and third-party risk requirements
- Ability to act as an SME and influence senior stakeholders internally and externally
- Experience operating across complex multinational stakeholder environments and leading transformation initiatives
- Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, influencing, and change management capability
- Proven ability to improve governance maturity, control effectiveness, and organisational learning
- Strong commitment to bp's Code of Conduct, OMS, and safety leadership principles
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and risk-based decision-making capability
- Ability to identify systemic themes, develop pragmatic solutions, and drive continuous improvement
- Strong communication, collaboration, and storytelling skills across diverse stakeholder groups
- Agility core practices
- Agility tools
- Business Acumen
- Business Requirements Analysis
- Category spend profiling
- Category Strategy
- Cost modelling
- Digital Fluency
- Negotiating
- Negotiation planning and preparation
- Product and market intelligence
- Sourcing strategy
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Value creation and management
- No travel is expected
- Pre-placement drug screening
- Medical review of physical fitness for the role
- Background checks
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree preferred
- Professional qualification related to procurement, audit, governance, risk, or compliance desirable
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