Senior Commercial Strategy Advisor
About The Position
The Commercial Strategy Advisor supports the South Fuels Value Chain by leading and advancing integrated, long-term commercial strategies across feedstocks, refining, light products, logistics, and marketing. The role focuses on asset-level optimization, project development, and capital-related decisions that enhance sustained value, optionality, and enterprise alignment across the South footprint. The advisor serves as a strategic integrator and influencer across Commercial, Refining, Marketing, Trading, Logistics, and Business Development. The role translates strategic intent into rigorous analysis, actionable recommendations, and clearly framed tradeoffs for senior leadership. This position is part of a job family with multiple grade levels; placement depends on experience and qualifications. The posting lists a Senior Commercial Strategy Advisor level requiring at least seven years of relevant experience and a Lead Commercial Strategy Advisor level requiring at least ten years.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- For the Senior Commercial Strategy Advisor level (Grade 13), seven or more years of Commercial, Strategy, or other related experience required.
- For the Lead Commercial Strategy Advisor level (Grade 14), ten or more years of Commercial, Strategy, or other related experience required.
- Intermediate-to-advanced understanding of refining, marketing, and logistics operations and economic value contribution.
- Ability to communicate and present recommendations to internal stakeholders, including executive leadership, and adjust the level of detail for the audience.
Responsibilities
- Identify and lead logistics cost-reduction efforts and strategic placement efforts for company production.
- Manage intermediate-to-advanced commercial relationships with third-party logistics service providers, including negotiating contract renewals and new contracts.
- Conduct, lead, and guide teams and initiatives involving detailed industry- and company-specific organic growth opportunities, potential acquisitions, mergers, and divestments; facilitate strategy development for groups of assets.
- Guide and perform economic evaluations and intermediate financial modeling and analysis to identify value-creation opportunities aligned with company strategic objectives.
- Lead collaboration and serve as a liaison among internal stakeholders, including Business Development, RVCO, Trading, Scheduling, and Marketing, to understand business needs, identify constraints and opportunities, discuss local and regional economic drivers, and propose solutions.
- Identify, participate in, and when necessary co-lead cross-functional projects, including business-case development, development of project-scope options, and handoff for execution; co-lead significant project execution when appropriate.
- Communicate opportunities, plans, and strategies effectively to internal stakeholders through multiple platforms or mediums, adjusting detail to the audience and presenting to the executive leadership team with support.
- Apply an intermediate-to-advanced understanding of refining, marketing, and logistics operations and their economic value contribution.
Benefits
- Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) matching program
- Paid parental leave
- Educational reimbursement
- Eligibility for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
