Head of Digital Supply Chain and Product Technology

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Research & Technology Group

Job Description:

At Castrol 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.

Role Purpose

The Head of Digital Supply Chain and Product Technology will be crafting and delivering the digital and technology strategy that underpins supply chain operations and the endtoend product lifecycle. The role sets the technology roadmap across planning sourcing manufacturing logistics fulfilment and product creation and management.

This role ensures the supply chain and product ecosystem are resilient datadriven automated and digitally enabled while product development and lifecycle processes are supported by modern platforms strong integrations and actionable insights. The role partners closely with R&D Technology teams to identify and deploy emerging technologies including AI across product development and deployment.

Key Accountabilities

Strategy & Digital Roadmap

• Define and lead a unified technology strategy across domains aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Develop and maintain a multiyear roadmap covering ERP and supply chain platforms planning tools logistics technologies product lifecycle systems control towers and automation.
• Identify capability gaps and lead innovation across endtoend supply chain and product lifecycles.
• Champion the use of AI and sophisticated digital solutions to improve service levels efficiency optimisation and innovation.

Platform & Product Ownership

• Own technology platforms supporting supply chain and product lifecycle operations including ERP forecasting replenishment and lifecycle management systems.
• Partner with architecture teams to ensure scalable secure cloudfirst and interoperable solutions.
• Set clear product roadmaps and prioritise backlogs across multiple technology domains.

Digital Transformation & Delivery Excellence

• Lead intricate largescale digital transformation programmes across global operations of Supply Chain & products.
• Lead all aspects of delivery execution change adoption release management and operational readiness.
• Ensure delivery follows strong governance agile and productled methodologies and measurable outcomes.

Data Analytics & Insights

• Enable realtime visibility and predictive analytics across demand planning inventory production logistics supplier performance and product lifecycles.
• Partner with Data and AI teams to optimise automation and analytical capabilities.
• Establish strong data governance quality standards and performance metrics.

Supplier & Product Lifecycle Enablement

• Lead digital solutions that support supplier collaboration sourcing logistics optimisation and operational automation.
• Deploy technologies that support sustainability monitoring and realtime operational intelligence.
• Enable digital capabilities for product design development workflows onboarding and lifecycle optimisation.
• Drive solutions for supply chain modelling pricing optimisation raw material management and plant performance optimisation.

Stakeholder & Partner Leadership

• Act as a senior technology partner to global supply chain and product leadership teams.
• Build positive relationships with senior partners and influence decisionmaking across business units.
• Select and handle strategic technology and delivery partners including commercial negotiations renewals and performance management.

Financial Accountability & Value Realisation

• Own technology budgets for digital platforms.
• Develop cases and track value realisation for major digital investments.
• Ensure investments deliver measurable benefits across cost service speed quality sustainability and working capital.

Skills Experience & Capabilities

Experience

• Significant experience (typically 10 years) across digital supply chain or product technology leadership roles.
• Background in large multi-layered global organisations ideally within manufacturing CPG retail pharma or logistics environments.

Capabilities

• Deep understanding of endtoend supply chain operations and Industry 4.0 concepts.
• Strong experience with product lifecycle management and product creation platforms.
• Handson experience delivering ERP and supply chain systems (e.g. ERP APS/IBP WMS TMS OMS).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms APIs integration architectures and modern delivery practices.
• Experience applying AI automation and sophisticated analytics to business challenges.
• Strong product management agile delivery and crossfunctional programme management.
• Consistent track record to lead and develop highperforming teams with varied strengths in global environments.
• Strong communication & articulation with the ability to engage both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• A collaborative value driven approach with a focus on delivery and impact.

Education

• Bachelors degree or equivalent degree in supply chain engineering technology or a related field.

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

Why Join

This role offers the opportunity to build the digital supply chain and product technology at scale driving significant impact across global operations while working with complementary teams and modern technologies.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious 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 significant 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 others benefits.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Digital Strategy Digital Technology

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race religion color sex national origin sexual orientation veteran status or disability with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bps 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 processpleasecontact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening medical review of physical fitness for the role and background checks.

Required Experience:

Director

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1