Senior NGL Scheduler, Logistics & Inventory Optimizer

mpc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation available

Discretionary annual bonus program

Educational reimbursement

401k matching

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is seeking an NGL Commercial Scheduler to mitigate inventory, optimize value and coordinate scheduling of NGLs in and out of refineries and facilities. The role focuses on the USGC region with activity across truck, rail, pipeline and waterborne movements.

The candidate will manage multiple desks, mentor junior schedulers, monitor refinery plans, and prepare daily status reports for Trading and Marketing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or five (5) years of related experience in lieu.
• Four (4) or more years of industry-related experience required.
• Two (2) or more years of NGLs experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Nominates and schedules pipeline, waterborne, truck, rail and/or delivery movements through use of propriety and third-party scheduling systems.
• Monitors inventories and shipping schedules daily to ensure that supply meets demand.
• Communicates and verifies planned movements with all stakeholders, including traders, optimizers, internal and external counterparties, customers, suppliers, producers, marketers, terminals, vessels, and pipelines.
• Provides forward-looking inventory position information to Trading, Pricing, Marketing, Trucking and Supervision to develop inventory strategies.
• Responds to unexpected events making contingency arrangements to minimize disruption of supply.
• Provides comprehensive guidance on issues related to movements on their desk and others.
• Proactively identifies constraints and possible opportunities to optimize existing plans and mitigate upsets.
• Identifies transportation efficiencies while minimizing per barrel transportation costs.
• Understand the regional supply picture.
• Manages multiple complex desks.
• Assists in initial training of new hires. Trains and mentors less experienced schedulers.
• Monitor refinery and/or frac production plans and anticipate operations scope that will mitigate inventory levels and fulfill operational and commercial requirements to meet obligations.
• Prepare daily status reports to communicate supply concerns to Trading/Marketing, refinery and/or frac operations personnel, customers and other vested parties
• Works closely with trader to ensure alignment on strategies that help mitigate any variance in refinery plan versus customer commitment and any constraints caused by unplanned events, and changes in market fundamentals.
• Works with internal and external partners to accommodate such changes
• Identify ways to streamline processes as well as to mitigate mutual goals within the bench that allows profitability for the overall NGL team, while also accomplishing daily task and duties
• Facilitates and helps execute plans cross functionally, including (but not limited to) Pipeline, Facility/Terminal, Transport Operations, Marketing/Trading key stakeholders on issues that would impact supply to a given destination.
• Communicate and coordinate closely with internal counterparts on current plan, as well as deviations (planned and unplanned)
• Problem solving, critical thinking skills, personal resilience is a must
• The above responsibilities notwithstanding, the final scope of the role will be determined by the experience level of the candidate selected.

Skills

Accountability

Action Planning

Adaptability

Business Acumen

Change Facilitation

Continuous Learning

Developing Partnerships

Leadership & Mentoring

Results Driven

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Five years related experience (in lieu)

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is seeking an NGL Commercial Scheduler to mitigate inventory, optimize value and coordinate scheduling of NGLs in and out of refineries and facilities. The role focuses on the USGC region with activity across truck, rail, pipeline and waterborne movements.

The candidate will manage multiple desks, mentor junior schedulers, monitor refinery plans, and prepare daily status reports for Trading and Marketing teams.