Senior Feedstock Strategy Lead, Graphite Materials

ExxonMobil; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Savings Plan

Workplace Flexibility

Comprehensive medical, dental, and视ion

Job summary

ExxonMobil's Spring, TX campus seeks a Senior Feedstock Advisor to lead development and execution of strategic feedstock opportunities for Graphite Materials. This external-facing role requires deep needle coke and petroleum coke market expertise, strong commercial judgment, and the ability to structure complex agreements.

The successful candidate will translate expertise into actionable strategies strengthening supply resilience and long-term value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Business, Economics, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 20+ years of relevant industry experience, including 10+ years in the needle coke & petroleum coke markets.
• Deep knowledge of needle coke feedstocks, manufacturing processes, product requirements, industry participants, market dynamics, and value-chain economics.
• Proven success structuring, negotiating, and closing complex feedstock, supply, processing, tolling, partnership, or other non-standard commercial agreements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute feedstock strategies that support the growth and competitiveness of the Graphite Materials business.
• Evaluate feedstock opportunities based on quality, availability, processing requirements, logistics, supply reliability, economics, and risk.
• Lead complex agreements from opportunity identification through negotiation, approval, execution, and implementation, including feedstock purchases, long-term supply arrangements, and tolling agreements.
• Support M&A, joint venture, investment, and asset-related activities through commercial evaluation, due diligence, negotiation strategy, and transaction execution.
• Lead high-value negotiations and build trusted relationships with Director and Senior Director-level decision-makers at suppliers, processors, logistics providers, & strategic partners.
• Design commercial structures that maximize value while managing operational, supply, market, counterparty, geopolitical, regulatory, and financial risks.
• Apply deep needle coke and petroleum coke expertise to connect feedstock characteristics with process performance, product quality, manufacturing reliability, and end-market value.
• Develop market and competitive insights, build executive-level recommendations, and align cross-functional stakeholders on commercial positions and decisions.
• Build and maintain a strong external network across the petroleum, refining, needle coke, and graphite value chains.

Skills

Experience: 20+ yrs

Needle coke market knowledge

Commercial negotiation

Strategic supply

Relationship management

Executive communication

M&A familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering / Chemistry / Materials Science / Business / Economics / Supply Chain)

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

ExxonMobil's Spring, TX campus seeks a Senior Feedstock Advisor to lead development and execution of strategic feedstock opportunities for Graphite Materials. This external-facing role requires deep needle coke and petroleum coke market expertise, strong commercial judgment, and the ability to structure complex agreements.

The successful candidate will translate expertise into actionable strategies strengthening supply resilience and long-term value.