Manager – Scheduling, Crude Oil Marketing

ONEOK • Houston, TX

48d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager – Scheduling, Crude Oil Marketing will provide day-to-day and strategic leadership to a team of Schedulers. This includes but is not limited to providing technical training, appropriate oversight, mentoring, and employee onboarding, development, and corrective actions if necessary. This role should develop and maintain a positive, team-oriented culture aligned with ONEOK’s Core Values and the broader Crude Oil Commercial team’s strategic priorities. To address the 24/7/365 nature of the business, the Manager will develop and implement cross-training and coverage strategies to provide necessary business continuity and employee work/life balance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Three to five years of applicable prior experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of crude oil gathering, transportation, storage, and marketing operations
• Experience with crude scheduling systems, logistics, and measurement
• Proficient in standard business software and office systems
• Background in crude purchasing, contracting, supply operations, and facility operations
• Experience in crude accounting, commercial marketing, and contract execution (purchase, sale, exchange)
• Skilled in researching, analyzing, and interpreting contracts, legal documents, and regulations
• Effective communicator with experience working across teams and presenting to individuals and groups
• Ability to apply math, algebraic formulas, and statistical methods
• Ability to communicate and/or exchange verbal and written information or instructions

Nice To Haves

• RightAngle, Cobalt, EStream, and other nomination systems will be integral to the role

Responsibilities

• Lead the Scheduling team in performing its core functional responsibilities, which include but are not limited to: Nominating / scheduling/ allocating crude oil on various assets, Month end closing activities, Monthly review of inventory and storage positions, Interconnect confirmations with carriers, Power optimization initiatives, Compliance with regulations, contracts, and company policies and procedures.
• Provide subject matter expertise of (i) applicable assets, operations, contracts, etc. and (ii) applicable company policies, procedures, desk documentation, working norms, etc.
• Develop or modify applicable company policies, procedures, desk documentation, working norms, etc. to support the business line’s commercial strategies and obligations.
• Provide subject matter expertise of scheduling systems, tools, and associated technology.
• Develop and manage internal and external relationships.
• Develops and maintains strong internal relationships with other departments and communicates with and assists those teams as needed.
• Develops and maintains strong customer and connected carrier relationships.
• Proactively works to ensure customers experience a high level of satisfaction, reliability, and accuracy.
• Oversees issue resolutions and develops solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Analyze, research, read, interpret, and/or communicate applicable business information, which includes but is not limited to: Company policies and procedures, Confirmations, Measurement reports, Invoices and inventory statements, Tariffs, Commercial agreements.
• Oversee, prepare, process, and/or approve business processes or information, which includes but is not limited to: Summaries of nominations, volumetric, and inventory data, Month end closing process, System over/short analysis and inventory positions across assets, Notifications to customers, Ticketing and inventory discrepancy analysis, root cause determination, and applicable adjustments, Procedures and process changes.

Benefits

• Safety first.
• Sustainable operations.
• Environmentally responsible.
• Employee focused.
• ONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager