Manager, Supply Portfolio Optimization & Analytics - Superior Plus

Superior Plus Propane; Calgary; On-site; CAD 116,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance incentives

Retirement match

Benefits package

Job summary

Superior Plus Propane in Calgary seeks a Manager, Supply Portfolio Optimization & Analytics to drive value across our supply chain through advanced analytics, scenario modeling, and the IMO tool.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights, influence decisions across supply, logistics and commercial teams, and mentor one Senior Analyst while partnering with IT to enhance the optimization platform.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of progressive experience in midstream energy, supply chain, or a related commercial/analytical function.
• Experience in supply chain optimization, logistics planning, or integrated margin management in energy or commodity markets.
• Demonstrated ability to translate quantitative analysis into strategic recommendations and influence senior decision-makers.
• Strong quantitative and modeling skills; comfortable overseeing and validating complex analytical work even when not building it personally.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills — able to align diverse teams around data-driven decisions.
• Experience as a product owner or business lead for an analytical tool, platform, or system is an asset.
• Familiarity with ETRM systems (e.g., RightAngle), data platforms, or business intelligence tools is an asset.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Provide a central point of connection and planning across Supply, Logistics, and IT ensuring key business needs & functional requirements are implemented
• Serve as the business-side product owner for the IMO tool — partnering with IT to prioritize development, validate outputs, and drive adoption across the S&O team
• Ensure key insights and trade-offs are surfaced within functional teams
• Own the Integrated Margin Optimization Engine
• Run scenario modeling to test sensitivities across cost, volume, and demand assumptions to ensure supply reliability and optimize margin
• Develop contingency plans for short- and long-term supply disruptions (e.g., railcar delays, route shutdowns)
• Drive Commercial Intelligence & Business Development
• Analyze SGL's balance position and logistics dynamics — including pipeline and rail bottlenecks — to provide an integrated view of molecules and transport
• Lead commercial intelligence for business development strategy, exploring middle-market opportunities; develop market scenarios to support both tactical execution and longer-range planning
• Liaise with Logistics and Supply teams to align day-to-day contract lifting schedules, inventory planning, and supply movement paths with market models
• Interface with Finance and Risk Management to model hedging policies under various price environments
• Stakeholder Leadership & Cross-Functional Alignment
• Serve as a trusted analytical partner to the SVP, Supply and Optimization leadership team, and cross-functional peers in Finance, Logistics, Supply, and Sales
• Translate complex analyses into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior and executive leadership
• Manage and mentor one Senior Analyst, providing coaching, direction, and prioritization support
• What you bring:
• 5-10 years of progressive experience in midstream energy, supply chain, or a related commercial/analytical function
• Experience in supply chain optimization, logistics planning, or integrated margin management in energy or commodity markets
• Demonstrated ability to translate quantitative analysis into strategic recommendations and influence senior decision-makers
• Strong quantitative and modeling skills; comfortable overseeing and validating complex analytical work even when not building it personally
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills — able to align diverse teams around data-driven decisions. Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively a requirement
• Experience as a product owner or business lead for an analytical tool, platform, or system is an asset
• Experience with complex problem structuring and resolution within a diverse organizational system
• Familiarity with ETRM systems (e.g., RightAngle), data platforms, or business intelligence tools is an asset
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

Skills

Quantitative modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Analytical storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related quantitative field

Tools

RightAngle

BI tools

Job description

Reporting to the Director of Operational Performance, the Manager, Supply Portfolio Optimization & Analytics plays a key role in driving value creation across our supply chain. Leveraging advanced analytics, scenario modeling, and the Integrated Margin Optimization (IMO) tool, this role uncovers opportunities to optimize network performance, improve margins, and support strategic business decisions.

As a trusted advisor to the Supply & Optimization senior leaders, you will transform complex data into actionable insights, influence decision-making across supply, logistics, and commercial teams, and champion data-driven strategies that deliver measurable results. This highly visible, cross-functional role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our optimization capabilities while owning and continuously enhancing our industry-leading supply chain optimization platform.

What you'll do:

• Provide a central point of connection and planning across Supply, Logistics, and IT ensuring key business needs & functional requirements are implemented
• Serve as the business-side product owner for the IMO tool — partnering with IT to prioritize development, validate outputs, and drive adoption across the S&O team
• Ensure key insights and trade-offs are surfaced within functional teams

Own the Integrated Margin Optimization Engine

• Serve as the business-side product owner for the IMO tool — partnering with IT to prioritize development, validate outputs, and drive adoption across the S&O team
• Support portfolio and network planning processes, including target portfolio definition with required optionality across rail terminals, bulk plants, supply nodes, inventory locations, and fleet
• Run scenario modeling to test sensitivities across cost, volume, and demand assumptions to ensure supply reliability and optimize margin
• Develop contingency plans for short- and long-term supply disruptions (e.g., railcar delays, route shutdowns)

Drive Commercial Intelligence & Business Development

• Analyze SGL's balance position and logistics dynamics — including pipeline and rail bottlenecks — to provide an integrated view of molecules and transport
• Lead commercial intelligence for business development strategy, exploring middle-market opportunities; develop market scenarios to support both tactical execution and longer-range planning
• Liaise with Logistics and Supply teams to align day-to-day contract lifting schedules, inventory planning, and supply movement paths with market models
• Interface with Finance and Risk Management to model hedging policies under various price environments

Stakeholder Leadership & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Serve as a trusted analytical partner to the SVP, Supply and Optimization leadership team, and cross-functional peers in Finance, Logistics, Supply, and Sales
• Translate complex analyses into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior and executive leadership
• Manage and mentor one Senior Analyst, providing coaching, direction, and prioritization support

What you bring:

• 5-10 years of progressive experience in midstream energy, supply chain, or a related commercial/analytical function
• Experience in supply chain optimization, logistics planning, or integrated margin management in energy or commodity markets
• Demonstrated ability to translate quantitative analysis into strategic recommendations and influence senior decision-makers
• Strong quantitative and modeling skills; comfortable overseeing and validating complex analytical work even when not building it personally
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills — able to align diverse teams around data-driven decisions. Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively a requirement
• Experience as a product owner or business lead for an analytical tool, platform, or system is an asset
• Experience with complex problem structuring and resolution within a diverse organizational system
• Familiarity with ETRM systems (e.g., RightAngle), data platforms, or business intelligence tools is an asset
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field

Salary:$116,000 - $145,000 annually (based on skills, experience, qualifications, and geography).

Eligible employees may earn performance-based incentives and have access to comprehensive benefits and retirement plans with matching contributions.

This posting is for a newly created position. We do not use AI tools in the selection process and do not request pay history.