Ryan Nied is Commercial Transformation Director , Digital and Talent Supply , within bp ’ s recently integrated group-wide Global Procurement function . He leads an agile-enabled team that drives category strategy and supply transformation initiatives for bp ’ s $ 6B + of digital , talent and corporate spends

Ryan Nied

Ryan Nied is Commercial Transformation Director , Digital and Talent Supply , within bp ’ s recently integrated group-wide Global Procurement function . He leads an agile-enabled team that drives category strategy and supply transformation initiatives for bp ’ s $ 6B + of digital , talent and corporate spends

» I became interested in Procurement as a college intern in the beverage industry in 1997 when I worked with suppliers on value engineering programs . That early experience has led to a very fulfilling career journey in CPG , food , beverage , consulting and ultimately joining bp in 2017 . These days , I ’ m passionate about the stakeholder capitalism movement and Procurement ’ s role within it . Procurement practitioners today have an extraordinary opportunity to expand the impact of their roles by leading their organisations to serve customers , employees , communities , and suppliers .

» Our company just completed its largest transformation in its 112-year history to pursue a new strategy . The magnitude of change in how we work with stakeholders and suppliers this year has been massive . Mobilising agile squads to deliver value in areas of sustainability , cost , revenue , and digitalisation has been a huge focus . With our net-zero ambition , we are practising a mindset shift in how we identify , prioritise and accelerate projects that advance bp ’ s sustainability aims . Developing ' touchless ' digital buying channels and building great supplier partnerships are also important priorities . All of this has required us to reframe our category strategy framework and how we deploy talent against our largest opportunities .