Biofuels Senior Supply Coordinator

Title: Biofuels Senior Supply Coordinator

Location: Chicago United States

Full time

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Job Description:

Entity:

Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

About us

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fueled by world-class insight and expertise. We're always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world's leading energy company!

About the role

The Biofuels Senior Supply Coordinator is responsible for the flow assurance and commercial optimization of ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel across bp's US footprint. The biofuels markets and operational landscape are continually changing, making this an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven individual who enjoys solving complex problems, identifying new value-creation opportunities, and enhancing bp's customer offer and market position. This role offers the opportunity to grow commercial skills and to learn how to lead successfully across multiple interfaces and commodities to achieve results.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads a cross-functional team of traders, operators, pricing analysts, schedulers and logistics providers to supply bp's customers with biofuels in the most cost-effective manner while maintaining best in class supply reliability.
• Develop and deliver the short-term supply plan (0-3 months) for bp's US biofuels shorts.
• Meet the supply reliability, quality, and inventory targets set by the business, working closely with the operations team to develop a feasible supply plan, drive performance, and intervene if needed.
• Work closely with traders to optimize bp value (regardless of where it sits in the financials) and coordinate and align priorities across the ST&S and Downstream organizations, ensuring a successful balance between commercial value, customer experience, and bp reputation.
• Identify and implement entrepreneurial biofuels blending opportunities in line with changing economic and regulatory landscapes.
• Lead the forecasting process and financial management of Whiting Refinery RVO obligation and East of Rockies RINs generation activity.
• Provide commercial support and thought leadership to mid- and long-term plans for the US biofuels landscape.
• Complies with bp's Code of Conduct and models bp's "who we are" framework of Live Our Purpose, Play to Win, and Care for Others.

Essential education, experience and requirements

• Demonstrated commercial decision-making and analytical skills, preferably in extracting value from sophisticated supply chains.
• Ability and confidence to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to assimilate and react to large amounts of diverse information quickly and the confidence to make a risk-based decision without all of the data.
• Strong tactical and strategic thinking skills.
• Understanding of, or ability to learn quickly, bp and industry product flows in the footprint and regional supply/demand balances. Prior experience in Refining, Midstream/Supply, Operations, or a similar role is preferred.
• Understanding of, or ability to learn quickly, bio and low carbon markets and regulatory environments and how to monetize opportunities within them.
• Proven ability to build networks and work with diverse teams with varying objectives.
• Proven ability to lead and influence without authority.
• Creative mindset and ability to develop business opportunities in varied market conditions.

How much do we pay (Base)? 170,000 - 200,000 USD Annually

• Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position is eligible for US Benefits - Core. This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 - 240 hours of vacation per year for full time employees. You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. 

We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits include a pension for eligible employee.

As part of bp's wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits.

Why join bp:

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Ancillary cost management, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Competitor intelligence, Customer service delivery excellence, Demurrage, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Inventory Management, Listening, Marine assurance, Mentoring, Negotiating, Problem Solving, Sentiment and Trends, Shipping/transport, Supply chain management, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading and scheduling operations, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Troubleshooting, Voyage operations