We are seeking a Joint Venture Offtake Specialist to join our Global Optimizer Development Department.

The Global Optimizer Development Department’s (GOD) charter is to optimize crude allocation and the operations of global manufacturing facilities in order to maximize revenue, increase profitability, and capture international market opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Consult Fuels Business Management (FBM), Law and other concerned internal or external organizations in order to protect the company’s rights as an Offtaker and/or feedstock supplier in relation to such legal commitments.
• Represent the company to propose to the JV refinery and the other Offtaker new arrangements that could protect company's interest and/or improve operations and logistics, acting as a focal point for all commercial communication with JVs.
• Assure continuous and healthy relationship between Domestic Joint Ventures (DJV) and the company as an Offtaker and/or feedstock supplier. 
• Connect and interact with Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling (OSPAS) operations coordination teams in the day-to-day execution of the Kingdom demand fulfilment plan and of the DJV lifting schedules.
• Monitor the JV refineries’ production plans, lifting programs, entitlements, allocation and inventories, and contractual compliance of all deals in order to assure optimum utilization and highest realization for the refinery and the company.
• Interface with OSPAS coordination for all operational implementation of changes of non-standard cargoes, imports, demands and respective commercial implication.
• Provide logistical and operational input to discussion of domestic pricing committee.

Requirements:

• As the successful candidate you must hold a Bachelor degree in Commerce, Marketing, Engineering, Business Administration or closely related specialty.
• Post-graduate education or equivalent experience in Master of Business Administration/Finance/Economics is desirable.
• Comprehensive decent knowledge of refineries sales, planning & operations.
• 5 to 10 years relevant professional experience (preferable in oil & gas downstream business), including several years in field as offtake/sales/contracts specialist including refinery sales unit, trading supply optimization, corporate planning, contracting department, business Development).
• Experience in the downstream oil & gas industry specifically refineries planning & sales, and capable of understanding and interpreting commercial agreements. Proven ability to handle complex problems and carryout commercial discussions.