One of our major oil and gas clients is seeking a Commercial Scheduler to work in one of our clients’ facilities in Houston, TX, for a 1-year contract assignment.
Summary: The Commercial Scheduler will work in an open, fast-paced team in Houston to optimize commodities in Company’s portfolio. The individual will cover a scheduling desk when the regular Commercial Scheduler is away for planned or unplanned leave. The individual will report directly to the Director, Clean Scheduling in Commercial.
Job Responsibilities:
- Advancing company as an industry leader in integrity, scheduling excellence, and professionalism while continuously driving to increase general interest value.
- Providing scheduler relief coverage as needed on a 24/7 basis. (on-call coverage as needed, typically once every 2 weeks)
- Able to cover scheduling desks outside of Commercial Clean when needed.
While covering a scheduling desk:
- Performing nominations and daily scheduling activities for products including, but not limited to, gasoline, intermediate blendstocks, ethanol, diesel, jet, and transmix to fulfill Commercial Trading, Marketing, and VCO demand requirements and execute on company commitments while avoiding refinery or terminal containment events.
- Entering data into SAP, Trade66, Navarik, Mainstay, other 3rd-party systems, etc. accurately and promptly to meet operational, financial, and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinating inspectors and ensuring specification and quantity measurement requirements are met and ensure costs are appropriately shared with counterparties as applicable.
- Managing product specification changes through distribution systems to meet regulatory requirements.
- Performing loss control oversight.
- Understanding logistical constraints and working effectively across business teams to optimize inventories, identify market opportunities, and balance profit with operational risk.
- Actively participating in weekly refinery, Supply Reliability Team (SRT), or similar meetings dependent on desk.
- Closely monitoring asset operations and communicating current and/or future operational issues promptly to key stakeholders.
- Continuously maintaining and reporting accurate inventory positions and working with Marketing, Commercial Trading, and VCO to manage inventory to targets.
- Understanding and abiding by domestic and international regulations and laws associated with the desk and conducting any required regulatory reporting as needed.
- Quickly establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with external and internal counterparts.
- Conducting scheduler desk reviews to facilitate and implement process improvements and ensure desk manuals are available and updated.
- Supporting resolution of book-to-book and book-to-physical activities for SAP inventories for Commercial US Clean Scheduling.
- When not providing coverage, assisting Commercial Schedulers with management of inventories, reporting requests, Discrepancy Error Workbench ticket resolution, and similar activities as directed by the Director, Clean Scheduling.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 3 or more years of industry experience in logistics management, value-chain optimization, or commercial activity support.
- Able to work extended and non-standard hours.
- Intermediate proficiency with analytical tools such as Excel and PowerBI.
Preferred
- 1 or more years of commercial scheduling experience.
- Working knowledge of marine, pipeline, rail, and truck transportation operations.
- Good understanding of downstream operations, supply chain, and value drivers.
- High degree of ethics and personal drive.
- Good problem-solving, organizational, planning, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Dedication to achieve team goals, increase general interest value to the company and support internal and external customers.
- Ability to adapt to changing work environments and make continuous improvements.
- Ability to set, manage, and meet multiple and competing priorities.
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