Scheduler (1702)

OVERVIEW:

The Chemicals & Specialties Operator will be part of the Chemicals & Specialties Trading team, which is responsible for buying, selling, trading and scheduling deliveries of Chemicals & Specialties for Aramco Trading Americas (ATA) and engaging in value adding optimization and trading activities.  In addition, the Chems & Specialties Operator will support Aramco Trading Americas’ growing upstream supply growth objectives, as well as global trading business.  The Chems & Specialties Operator will report to the Chemicals, NGL, and Specialties Operations Lead.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• Attend and participate in regularly scheduled Chems group planning meetings to review and discuss refinery run plans, changes to those plans, inventories at terminals, marine vessel status, interactions with refinery scheduling team and outside logistics partners 
• Review trading contracts and ensure operational execution, both by Aramco Trading Americas and the external company 
• Understand quality constraints, perform quality blending operations, ensure quality consistency, coordinate sampling for assay/quality verification as required. 
• Confirm 3rd party contracts, monitor receipts, and convey notifications of apportionment or operational issues. 
• Coordinate and manage vessel marine movements and terminal inventory transfers. 
• Evaluate transit times and coordinate with pipelines/3rd parties to advance/delay/swap batches as requires meeting
• Coordinate marine activity including FOB liftings, delivered cargoes, vessel vetting, lightering inspections, loss control, custom filings and invoicing. 
• Manage terminal inventory records and keep traders informed on supply availability/issues and forward planning 
• Actively assess and manage a range of operational plans and outcomes inherent to the refining / logistics / trading environment and share market insight/intelligence  
• Work closely with mid-office to ensure positions and risk exposure is valid in the system of record 
• Work closely with back-office to ensure the validity of volume actualization, receipt reconciliation, settlement, review/validate and confirm for payment invoices associated with marine activity, calculate, and maintain logistics cost accruals in the system of record, verify and approve inspection service invoices on an ongoing basis 
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external counterparties.  
• Enter orders and maintain accuracy of data in Aramco Trading Americas Software Systems such as: Navarik, Terminal-Smart, SAP and other third-party scheduling systems. 
• Available to be on call 24/7.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering 
• Experience with petroleum/Chems & Specialties operations 
• Three plus years of business experience 
• Awareness of refining operations 
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to be autonomous, inquisitive, analytical, collaborative, and detail/action oriented while managing complexity and ambiguity 
• Demonstrate ability to be resilient and adaptive in an environment of constant change and challenges and work under pressure
• Ability to multi-task and problem solve
• Must be available to work in an office environment, located in downtown Houston, TX
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer 
• Experience with or awareness of middle and back-office work processes and policies
• Experience with SAP software a plus 

NO THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE ACCEPTED