Refinery and Energy Asset Strategist

Phillips 66•Houston, TX

1d•$198,000 - $242,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Refinery and Energy Asset Strategist (Sr. Manager) is a high impact front office role that is integral to the success of the commercial market research function and trading delivery at Phillips 66. The Refinery and Energy Assets Strategist will be responsible for forecasting operational rates, tracking outages and capacity changes for refineries, NGL assets, petrochemical crackers and NGL docks across the Americas and align the forecasts and tracking across the wider global refinery and energy assets team. The successful candidate will lead a small team, including one direct report focused on tracking planned and unplanned turnarounds (TARs), and will work with global infrastructure analysts to develop a consistent global approach and tool set. The Strategist will work collaboratively with other market strategists, regional analysts, and trading teams to develop and maintain models and balances that will be utilized in commodity level supply demand balances to develop trading insights. At Phillips 66, Lead Forward is our leadership approach. It defines how leaders show up, make decisions, and support their teams while delivering results in a complex, fast‑changing environment. Leaders at this level focus on setting clear direction, building trust, and helping their teams succeed. You’re expected to act with integrity, make timely and thoughtful decisions, and take ownership of outcomes while supporting collaboration across teams. This role is about leading people well, even when priorities change or the path forward isn’t always clear.

Requirements

Legally authorized to work in the United States
Bachelor's degree or higher
6 or more years of commercial/trading, refining, or related experience in the energy industry
Intermediate or greater proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a People Leader (direct supervisor)
Demonstrated knowledge of refinery and/or petrochemical plant operations, yields and optimization
Experience with advanced quantitative platforms (for example Python, Claude code, Databricks)
10 or more years of commercial/trading, refining, or related experience in the energy industry
Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, finance or economics
Ability to manage conflict, influence others and persuade/facilitate resolution
Understanding of NGL assets, petrochemical cracker economics, and dock/logistics infrastructure
Experience tracking turnaround (TAR) news and their impact on throughput and balances
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to ensure clarity and common understanding with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
Strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Capable of gaining consensus and trust across multiple functional areas within and external to Commercial to build a common vision and direction
Ability to code in Visual Basic, Python and/or R
Ability to incorporate AI and AI prompting into daily analysis
Ability to adapt to quickly evolving requirements
Ability to synthesize data into useful information and articulate it in an easy to understand format
Knowledge of Commercial trading businesses
High degree of initiative and works proactively to anticipate needs
Excellent written, oral, interpersonal and presentation skills

Responsibilities

Communicate refinery, NGL and Renewable asset, petrochemical cracker operations, forecasts and market insights as part of regular review meetings and in larger forums, including cross commodity meetings and global trading meetings
Lead the development of improved internal asset database and tools and applications to convert asset tracking data into throughput forecasts and communicate the insights to the wider trading organization
Lead and develop a direct report responsible for tracking planned and unplanned turnarounds (TARs) across refineries and other energy assets, ensuring outage data is accurate, current and integrated into forecasts
Develop and maintain a real time forecast of refinery and asset throughput used to inform the demand side of the crude oil, naphtha, Renewables and NGL balances and the supply side of product, Renewables, NGL and petrochemical balances
Aggregate and reconcile internal and external data sources, including changes in unit level capacity, refinery yield, utilization, outage and logistics data, to build and refine proprietary asset forecast models
Work with regional and global teams to integrate refinery, NGL asset, cracker and dock forecasts into related trading bench supply and demand balances, including crude, gasoline, distillates, Renewables and NGLs
Draw on fundamental and technical data as appropriate to develop forward view predictive models for refining margins, asset utilization and infrastructure constraints
Stay abreast of external market analyst views on refining, petrochemicals and infrastructure, and incorporate these into internal fundamental analysis to create a competitive edge versus external views
Synthesize cross regional refining and asset themes into actionable insights, including the impact of infrastructure changes, dock capacity and logistics constraints on trade ideas
Drive continuous improvement of existing forecast and outage tracking models and processes
Lead ad-hoc projects and analysis around market fundamentals, including infrastructure and turnaround related changes, to support trade ideas
Provide day-to-day coaching, performance management and technical development for the direct report on the team