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Summary:

The Clean Products Senior Trader position is a crucial part of the cross-functional organization integral to maximizing refining output value for MPC while meeting customer demands. This Clean Products Senior Trader will be responsible for executing purchases, sales, buy-sells, and exchanges for finished gasoline and distillate as well as gasoline and distillate components dictated by refinery economics marketing demands, market conditions, and logistics to maximize economic margin consistent with safe supply chain operations and other MPC core values.

This role offers an exciting growth opportunity for a highly motivated individual with strong analytical skills and a keen interest in a commercial career. This role will primarily be focused on MPC’s growing international business and may have exposure to various commodities within the value chain. This role will provide an opportunity for the successful candidate to gain an understanding of the clean products supply and trading while performing a complex and critical function.

This position is part of a job family with multiple grade levels. The successful candidate will be placed at a level commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively trade the clean products export and import markets, primarily focused on MPC’s medium term trading strategy and longer duration trading, which includes the USGC, USWC, and USAC
• Interface directly with traders, schedulers and analysts in the Singapore and London offices to generate and execute global trading strategies
• Work closely with blue water marine team on forward freight calls, vessel optimization and trading strategy
• Develops and implements negotiating tactics to complement planned sales/supply strategies and to increase the efficiency of such activities.
• Continuously reviews market conditions and the short- and medium-term supply and sales plans; recommends and implements changes to the plan to optimize overall value to MPC (product yield shifts, sales channel shifts, import/export changes, etc.).
• Evaluates and executes discretionary trade and business development opportunities beyond the core business (storage, blending, freight deals).
• Initiates and completes negotiations and executes or recommends execution of deals (purchase, exchange, and sale contracts) that maximize economic benefits to the company.
• Builds and maintains internal and external relationships with counterparties and business partners.
• Prepares periodic reports on market activities and supply/demand or competitive developments.
• Collaborates with the value chain and various members of the extended business team (Credit, Legal, Accounting, etc.) to stay abreast of trading, logistical and financial activity, meet regulatory requirements, prepare contracts, address information queries, and develop acquisition/sales strategies to achieve optimum value.
• Participates in the negotiation or development of commercial resolutions impacting trading desk (e.g., disputes, claims, etc.).
• Analyzes and anticipates market conditions to optimize economic value added from purchases, sales, and exchanges in the medium term.
• Manages basis commodity exposure and/or physical inventory position to maximize market structure value within operational constraints in collaboration with Refining, Scheduling, and Finance groups within assigned area

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Five (5) or more years of experience in Trading or Marketing including profit/loss responsibility for Product Trading, Contract Negotiation and Scheduling (rail, truck, vessel and pipe).

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

Location:

Houston, Texas

Additional locations:

Job Requisition ID:

00015289

Location Address:

500 Dallas St Ste 2900

Education:

Bachelors (Required)

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

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,