Naphtha Market Research Advisor II

Phillips 66 Company; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 109,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program

8% 401k company match

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Well-being programs and incentives

Job summary

Phillips 66 is seeking a Naphtha Market Research Advisor II to support the North American trading team. You will build and update market models, deliver short/medium-term insights, and collaborate with traders, data science, and regional analysts to drive informed decisions.

The role requires US work authorization, 1+ years in energy trading, and experience with Python, Dataiku, and SQL tools. A Bachelor’s degree and strong Excel skills are preferred.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• 1+ years of commercial/trading or related experience in energy.
• Exposure to Python, Claude code, Dataiku and advanced tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant fields preferred.

Responsibilities

• Communicate naphtha fundamentals and market insights in meetings.
• Identify trading opportunities and support deeper analysis.
• Develop and maintain supply/demand models with macro variables.
• Integrate Naphtha balances with related trading balances.
• Produce predictive models and work with data science teams.
• Stay aligned with external viewpoints to maintain a competitive edge.
• Lead ad-hoc market analysis projects.

Skills

Python

Claude code

Dataiku

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Trading knowledge

Team collaboration

AI in analysis

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, economics, or agriculture

Tools

DataBricks

SQL

Power BI

Claude

Visual Basic

R

Job description

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At Phillips 66, we care about the whole person. That means providing access to quality programs, resources and care that support you and your family. We believe well-being — physical, emotional, social and financial — plays an important role in helping our people thrive. When our employees are supported at every stage of life, they’re empowered to do their best work and make a meaningful impact, both personally and professionally.

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

TheNaphtha Market Research Advisor IIis a high impact front office role that is integral to the success of the NGL trading team at Phillips 66. The Naphtha Market Research Advisor provides market fundamentals, short/medium term supply/demand analysis, and trader support for the Naphtha supply and trading function primarily in North America but linked to the wider global trading team. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the lead market strategists, regional analysts and trading teams to develop and maintain models and balances that will create short-term tradable insights and longer-term strategic insights.

What You’ll Do

• Communicate naphtha supply demand fundamentals and market insights as part of regular balance meetings and in larger forums e.g. cross commodity meetings or global trading meetings.
• Understand key trading opportunities for the Naphtha trading team and work to suggest/evaluate additional analysis to ensure all aspects of an opportunity are understood.
• Development and maintenance of supply and demand models. This will involve working closely with trading to understand the market and trends, incorporate downtime, seasonal cycles, macroeconomic variables and utilize import/export data to ensure the models are accurate and accepted by trading. Identify market anomalies and communicate to trading on what physical market and forward market changes might occur.
• Integrate Naphtha balances into related trading bench supply and demand balances i.e. crude, gasoline and NGL’s.
• Build out balances for C5, LVN and HVN that will ultimately be able to show balance trajectories at the regional level as well as at the cavern level on USGC.
• Draw on fundamental and technical data as appropriate to develop forward view predictive models.
• Work with Commercial Data Science to create econometric analysis and models.
• Stay abreast of external market analyst views and incorporate these views and analysis into internal fundamental analysis to create a competitive edge vs. external views.
• Maintain and improve existing arbitrage models.
• Share knowledge freely and improve peer group understanding of own niche markets.
• Drive improvement of existing forecast models.
• Lead ad-hoc projects and analysis around market fundamentals (including infrastructure changes) to support trade ideas.

What You’ll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• 1 or more years of commercial/trading or related experience in the energy industry
• Exposure to advanced quantitative platforms e.g. Python, Claude code, Dataiku, etc.
• Intermediate or greater proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, finance, economics, or agriculture
• Capable of gaining consensus and trust acrossmultiplefunctional areas within and external to Commercial to build a common vision and direction
• Ability to code in Visual Basic, Python, and/or R
• Ability to incorporate AI and AI prompting into daily analysis
• Ability to synthesize data into useful information, and articulate it in an easy-to-understand format
• Proactive in problem identification and resolution, can provide creative solutions to complex issues
• Experience in DataBricks, SQL, and Power BI
• Experience in Machine Learning
• Knowledge of Commercial trading businesses
• Understanding of broader commodity markets (Crude, Gasoline, Distillates, NGLs)
• Knowledge of global commodity trading
• Refining/petrochemical knowledge
• Proficiency with statistical modeling software, Access, or other database software, and economic model development

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $108,900 - $133,100. This role is eligible to participate in the company’s commercial bonus program, offering the opportunity to earn additional compensation based on business and individual performance, in accordance with program guidelines.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Commercial organization works to effectively leverage assets and market knowledge to create additional value within the risk parameters of the Company. We do this by maximizing general interest profitability, enhancing return on capital employed by successfully partnering with the Refining, Transportation and Marketing functions to ensure Value Chain Integration. Our truck and rail fleets support our feedstock and distribution operations. Rail movements are provided via a fleet of more than 10,000 owned and leased rail cars. Truck movements are provided through numerous third-party trucking companies, as well as through our 100 percent-owned subsidiary, Sentinel Transportation LLC.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Timesfor our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursueexcellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer