Product Change Management Analyst

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Castrol is a global leader in lubricants and part of the bp Group, one of the world’s largest energy companies. In India, Castrol is a publicly listed company, leading in the Automotive, Industrial, and Marine lubricant sectors. With iconic brands, steadfast innovation, strong customer relationships, and a team of highly motivated employees, we have maintained our market leadership in India for over a century. Our robust manufacturing and distribution network in India helps us reach consumers through more than 135,000 outlets.

At Castrol, success knows no bounds. We offer a fast-paced learning environment where you can develop your career, whether in specialized functions or on a general management track. Castrol India has a proud legacy of championing top talent for leadership roles, both locally and globally.
 

This is a role within the Castrol organisation, and the successful candidate will become part of the Castrol ring-fence.  If you are part of the ring-fence, it is expected that your employment will move with Castrol to new ownership.

Job Purpose:

Provides Streamline product management expertise to the business for global & complex product management projects

Administers the product & SKU data within the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems Streamline & Fusion for the Castrol business and provides a quality review to ensure compliance with data integrity standards

Initiates Streamline requests on behalf of the Marketing team for marketing owned requests and to support supply chain with complex source change requests

Provides training, support and process expertise to users of the PLM systems & databases

Key Accountabilities:

Supports the marketing team with initiating marketing owned Streamline requests – (except for labelling and PDS requests). Ensuring that requests initiated are in line with the Portfolio Rules of the Game and have complete information to support subsequent stages in the process

Supports supply chain with initiating Streamline requests for complex source change requests e.g. plant closure or major network ops projects

Administers the Streamline product & SKU data within Streamline change requests & directly in Fusion providing a quality review to ensure compliance with data integrity standards. Liaises with labelling team and other SME’s within the business as required to gather relevant information

Supports users with system functionality and Streamline request issues that require administrator intervention

When allocated to specific projects, provides guidance on streamline request types, timings, information requirement (including mapping files) and initiate streamline requests when ready

Provides reports and helpdesk support to ensure that all functions across all geographies are equipped with the tools and information required to introduce and maintain the lubricants product ranges effectively (3,500+ Users worldwide, covering ~20 different activity sets within Marketing, Supply Chain, Supply Chain, and GPS)

Identifies data inconsistencies within existing product & SKU data, working with the relevant business to ensure product data integrity

Education:

University degree in Science / Marketing / Project Management discipline or 3 to 5 years equivalent experience

Experience:

• Good knowledge of PLM processes and systems

• Ability to co-ordinate several complex issues at the same time whilst meeting agreed deadlines

• Ability to form good business relationships and communicate well at all levels across the various businesses and functions

• An eye for detail, to ensure every change is accurate

• Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders to ensure required standards are met

• Demonstrated planning and / or performance management ability

• The job holder should be an articulate, clear speaker and a concise & precise written communicator – able to be understood by BP colleagues for whom English is not the first language

• Good IT skills and competent in MS office applications

Skills & Competencies:

Core Skills:

• Product Lifecycle Management principles and application– Skilful

• Structured Problem Solving: Skilful

• Project Management: Basic

• Training and Coaching - Basic

Quality Assurance

• Auditing: Basic

• Product End Use: Basic

• Product Manufacture and Distribution: Basic

• Quality Control: Basic

• Quality Tools, Systems and Process Learning: Basic

• Understanding of Quality Assurance: Basic

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