Mgr Commerical Optimization & Transportation

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

The Mgr Commercial Optimization & Transportation is responsible for managing a team of transportation representatives, optimizing transmission and storage assets to support, develop and implement controls to optimize utilization of services and technologies in an effort to increase revenue and manage risk. The ability to collaborate with others and develop solutions to a broad range of issues that improve performance and efficiency are keys to success!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Supports, develops and implements sophisticated analytics to better predict customer activities and utilization of services along with market analysis
• Leads collaboration with pipeline control and operations teams to ensure alignment of priorities
• Manages a team of transportation representatives responsible for nominations, allocations, confirmations and balancing of gas flow volumes across the system
• Manages team of schedulers on daily operations as well as commercial optimization to support reliable service and asset optimization
• Collaborates with internal partners to establish and continuously improve scheduling and associated business processes
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Accounting, Technology, or related field and a minimum of eight (8) years of energy industry
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Business, Engineering, Accounting, Technology, or related field and ten (10) years of energy industry

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Needs basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Application and PC skills
• Experience in negotiating commercial documents and agreements as well as established commercial contacts at appropriate levels throughout the industry
• Experience leading project teams across multiple disciplines focused on commercial operations
• Extensive knowledge of business needs and challenges of our customers and in-depth understanding of commercial systems

About Houston (Williams Tower Location):

Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking!

Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation and greater Houston is the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the United States. Houston is a dynamic mix of imagination, talent and first-class attractions that makes it a world-class city!

If you love being outside, Houston rates first in total park acreage among U.S. cities with more than one million residents and offers a 300-mile interconnected bikeway network spread over 500 square miles. Check out visithoustontexas to learn more!

Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire.  With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

• Competitive compensation

• Annual incentive program

• Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles

• Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles

• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

• Generous company-paid li