Sr. Scheduler - Commercial Supply & Trading

About the role

As a Sr. Scheduler within the Commercial Supply & Trading department, you will coordinate product movements via various modes of transportation and ensure correct type, quantity, and timing of the load/unload activity. You will also communicate with traders, refinery personnel, wholesale, terminal operators, and logistics operators to develop a schedule, accrue and track secondary costs accurately in SAP, and provide guidance to less experienced schedulers.

Responsibilities

• Manage appropriate inventory positions that balance the existing market conditions, wholesale forecasts, production schedules, and logistics constraints to keep terminals adequately supplied and refineries balanced.
• Communicate with traders, refinery personnel, wholesale, terminal operators, and logistics operators to develop a schedule.
• Nominate and support actualizing and documenting movements in SAP.
• Proactively adjust the schedule when conflicting objectives disrupt planned movements.
• Understand contractual requirements and manage secondary costs to move products in the most cost-efficient manner.
• Accrue and track secondary costs accurately in SAP.
• Provide guidance to less experienced schedulers and provide back-up support to other schedulers, as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, with 5+ years of experience in logistics, transportation, business/financial analysis, marine operations, military, oil & gas/refining/petrochemical industry.
• Able and willing to manage assigned operations 24/7, including holidays.
• Able and willing to work onsite and in-person at the Valero San Antonio headquarters.

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in industrial distribution, energy management, business, finance, accounting, math, marine, science or engineering.
• Prior experience in scheduling (crude, products, rail, marine), business analysis (crude, products, allocation, wholesale pricing, trading risk, transportation, transfer pricing, wholesale, commercial logistics contract), trading analysis, or commercial analysis.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay and Annual Bonus Program
• 100% match on 401(K) up to 7%, with immediate vesting
• Company-sponsored Pension Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare and Wellness Programs
• Onsite Daycare Center
• Onsite Employee and Family Wellness Centers (Physician & Pediatrician)
• Onsite Pharmacy
• State-of-the-art 24-hour Fitness Center free for employees and spouses with access to Tennis and Basketball Facilities
• Onsite cafeteria open for breakfast and lunch
• Sprawling campus with walking paths and access to biking trails

Pay

This position is salaried exempt status, meaning you are not eligible for overtime pay.

Schedule

This position is ongoing.