Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Lead

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 163,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to harmonize commercial strategy with operational constraints across multiple regions. The role emphasizes LP model-based optimization, scenario analysis, and value capture across refinery networks.

You will work with logistics and commercial teams, translating complex optimization outputs into actionable plans while guiding cross-regional alignment and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• Four years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience required.
• Aspen PIMS linear programming experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of optimized regional and cross-regional production plans using LP models, balancing constraints, market conditions, and value opportunities across multiple refineries.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in refinery planning and optimization across multiple refineries and value chain functions.
• Provides technical leadership for LP model development and optimization, challenging assumptions, refining regional constraints, and ensuring models reflect business realities.
• Drives development of regional and cross-regional optimization strategies, aligning stakeholders to address constraints and maximize value chain performance.
• Guides complex scenario and sensitivity analyses to support critical planning decisions, assess risks, and optimize performance.
• Leads advanced performance assessments, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to identify systemic gaps and drive improvements.
• Leads collaboration across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning to align assumptions and optimization recommendations.
• Leads complex planning and optimization initiatives, mentors other advisors, and advances capabilities across the organization.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Building Partnerships

Business Acumen

Business Domain Knowledge

Commodity Market Analysis

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Data Analysis

Decision Support Analytics

Influencing Others

Integrated Planning & Optimization

Metrics Management

Optimization Modeling

Scenario Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Systems Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Five years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics or related experience

Tools

Aspen PIMS LP

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to harmonize commercial strategy with operational constraints across multiple regions. The role emphasizes LP model-based optimization, scenario analysis, and value capture across refinery networks.

You will work with logistics and commercial teams, translating complex optimization outputs into actionable plans while guiding cross-regional alignment and continuous improvement initiatives.