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.

The Crude Oil Strategy & Analysis team positions MPC to deliver advantaged feedstocks to company refining assets. The team develops long-term perspectives on crude market supply and logistics, collaborates on strategies to capture advantaged supply, and manages a portfolio of logistics agreements to optimize that position.

Strategy Advisors are the external face of the team. They are responsible for developing logistics strategies with organization leaders, managing relationships with third parties, negotiating commercial terms on new agreements and renewals, leading internal teams to review agreements, and optimizing their assigned commodity/region portfolio of agreements.

The posted position will cover logistics agreements and relationships over a wide geographic area, including the U.S. West Coast, Rockies, Great Plains, and Midwest. The selected individual will collaborate with leaders, traders, schedulers, business development advisors, contract analysts, attorneys, and other team members to define strategies and execute agreements supporting these regions.

Future job progression opportunities include crude trading, business development, and/or management opportunities.

Core Responsibilities:

• Identifies and leads logistics cost reduction efforts and strategic placement efforts for MPC production.
• Manages intermediate to advanced level commercial relationships with third party logistic service providers, including negotiation of renewals or new contracts.
• Conducts, leads, and guides teams and initiatives around detailed industry and company specific strategic organic growth opportunities as well as potential acquisitions, mergers, or divestments. Can facilitate the development of strategy around a group of assets.
• Guides and performs economic evaluation and intermediate financial modeling & analysis to identify value creation opportunities that align with the company’s strategic objectives.
• Leads collaboration and serves as liaison between multiple internal stakeholders including but not limited to Business Development, RVCO, Trading, Scheduling, and Marketing to understand business needs, identify constraints and opportunities, discuss local and regional economic drivers, and propose solutions.
• Identifies, participates and co-leads, when necessary, cross-functional projects encompassing development of business case, development of options around the scope of the project and, at the appropriate time, handoff for execution. Able to co-lead significant project execution.
• Consistently and effectively communicates opportunities, plans, and strategies to internal stakeholders using multiple platforms or mediums. Has the ability to adjust the level of detail as appropriate to the respective audience. Has the poise and ability to present to the executive leadership team with support. Demonstrates an intermediate to advanced understanding of refining, marketing, and logistics operations as well as economic value contribution.

Requirements:

• Bachelors required. Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering, or Economics preferred.
•  Seven (7) or more years of Commercial, Strategy, or other related experience required.

Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of the oil and gas industry and crude transportation (pipelines, shipping, rail, and truck logistics).
• Familiarity with oil pricing mechanisms, market trends, and factors that influence oil prices.
• Previous work in oil trading, logistics management, or supply chain operations within the energy sector.
• Experience with procurement, contract management, or sales where negotiation was involved.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).

Travel Expected: 25%

Locations: Houston TX, San Antonio TX, Denver CO

The position is part of a family of jobs with increasing levels of responsibility, competency, and skill. The title and pay grade of the position will be determined by the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. 

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

Location:

Houston, Texas

Job Requisition ID:

00014666

Pay Min/Max:

$117,000.00 - $201,800.00 Salary

Grade:

12 - 13

Location Address:

500 Dallas St Ste 2900

Additional locations:

Denver, Colorado, San Antonio, Texas

Education:

Bachelors (Required)

Employee Group:

F