Senior Contracts Analyst

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental Insurance

401k Matching

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Educational Reimbursement

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Contracts Analyst to support Marketing Contracts & Compliance, focusing on Direct Dealer Contracts. This role manages the full contract lifecycle and partners with Legal, Credit, and Marketing to streamline reviews, execution, and distribution.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and four years of contract experience; paralegal background is a plus. Travel and collaboration with multiple teams are common in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Four years of experience required.
• Experience in contract development or management, with understanding of contracting processes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Paralegal experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review contracts for accuracy, compliance, and alignment with standards; escalate for legal review when needed.
• Evaluate and mitigate risks associated with contract terms and conditions.
• Recommend contract revisions to meet legal requirements and business objectives.
• Manage the contract lifecycle from initiation through renewal.
• Review, draft, and fulfill Direct Dealer Financing requests.
• Maintain a centralized repository for contract records and documentation.
• Track obligations, deadlines, monthly reporting, and adherence requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reduce risk and improve contract management processes.
• Share contract information with stakeholders and promote cross-functional alignment.
• Support contract audits and contribute to best practices in contract management.
• Maintain trusted relationships with key business partners.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

Position Summary

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is seeking a Contracts Analyst to support Marketing Contracts & Compliance, with a primary focus on Direct Dealer Contracts. This role manages the marketing contract lifecycle, including contract initiation, drafting, execution, transfers, and renewals. The Contracts Analyst reviews agreements for accuracy, legal compliance, and policy alignment to support timely completion. The role also partners with Legal, Credit, and Marketing teams to streamline contract review, execution, and distribution; maintain centralized contract records; support audits and reporting. This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviews contracts for accuracy, compliance, and alignment with organizational standards; escalates items requiring legal review and engages stakeholders as appropriate
• Evaluates and mitigates risks associated with contract terms and conditions
• Recommends contract revisions to align with legal requirements and business objectives
• Manages the contract lifecycle, including initiation, drafting, execution, and renewal.
• Reviews, drafts, and fulfills Direct Dealer Financing requests
• Maintains an accurate, centralized repository for contract records and documentation
• Tracks contractual obligations, deadlines, monthly reporting, and adherence requirements
• Identifies opportunities to reduce risk, improve outcomes, and enhance contract management processes
• Shares contract-related information with internal and external stakeholders and promotes cross-functional alignment
• Supports contract audit activities and contributes to best practices in contract management
• Maintains trusted relationships with key business partners.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Four (4) years experience required.
• Experience in contract development or management, with understanding of contracting processes
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Paralegal experience a preferred

Skills

Accountability - Take ownership of actions and behaviors. Demonstrate care and awareness to protect employees, the environment, and assets from injury and harmful incidents. Display appropriate emotions and remain levelheaded under pressure. Be open and receptive to feedback.

Adaptability – Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.

Business Acumen – Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.

Communication – The ability to speak and write effectively, demonstrates fundamental command of language, communicates well using all mediums.

Compliance Assurance – Demonstrates knowledge of internal controls and ensures compliance with established policies and procedures, and to recommend critical changes in controls, polices, or procedures.

Contract Administration – The preparation, monitoring and management of the contracting process as well as individual contracts.

Critical Thinking – Identifying and understanding issues, problems and opportunities; using data analysis to draw conclusions; using judgment in choosing a course of action; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences. Intellectually curious.

Customer-Focused – Ensuring that the internal or external customer’s perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.

Time Management – Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. It involves a juggling act of various demands upon a person relating to work, social life, family, hobbies, personal interests, and commitments with the finiteness of time. Using time effectively gives the person "choice" on spending or managing activities at their own time and expediency

Work Standards – Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location:

San Antonio, Texas

Additional locations:

Findlay OH Main Bldg

Job Requisition ID:

00023394

Location Address:

19100 Ridgewood Pkwy

Education:

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at [e-mail]. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability

We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.