Senior Fundamental Trading Analyst (Crude and Heavy Products)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This Senior Fundamental Trading Analyst supports MPC’s Global Supply Trading and Origination organization by delivering high‑impact crude and heavy products market analytics that directly inform trading, origination, and planning decisions. The role owns end‑to‑end crude and heavy products fundamental analysis, including global supply‑demand balances, flow dynamics, and quality economics, and translates complex market signals into timely, actionable insights embedded within commercial workflows. This position is designed as a key analytics role with direct proximity to trading activity, requiring strong commercial judgment, analytical ownership, and close collaboration with traders, schedulers, and origination teams. This role is designed as a key development position within Supply Trading and Origination Analytics. The analyst will work in close partnership with traders and commercial leadership, gaining direct exposure to trading decisions, risk management, and execution workflows. Through day‑to‑day collaboration and periodic trading coverage responsibilities, the analyst will build practical commercial judgment and execution experience alongside core analytical ownership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, Marine or related discipline required
Five (5) or more years of experience in Commercial, Risk, Trading Analytics, Marine, Scheduling, or Marketing required
Experience in crude oil trading analytics, physical commodity markets, supply optimization, refinery economics, or related commercial analytics roles
Action Planning
Business Acumen
Commercial Awareness
Communication
Competitor Analysis
Data Analysis
Process Efficiency Improvements
Relationship Management
Results Driven
Supply Demand Analysis
Teamwork

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of commodity supply and demand fundamentals, including production, refining, inventories, and global flows
Experience analyzing commodity differentials, quality impacts, and regional pricing benchmarks
Advanced Excel skills for analytical modeling and scenario analysis
Familiarity with data visualization or analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms

Responsibilities

Provide decision‑grade crude and heavy products market analytics that directly support trading, origination, and supply optimization
Own and continuously enhance crude, differential, and quality datasets to ensure analytical integrity and commercial relevance
Partner closely with traders, schedulers, and origination teams to integrate analytics into day‑to‑day execution and strategic positioning
Build deep expertise in global crude fundamentals, refinery economics, and structural market drivers
Collaborate with quantitative analytics and other commodity trading analysts to enhance market insights, apply advanced analytical techniques, and establish consistent commercial analytics best practices
Maintain global crude and heavy products supply‑demand and balance models, monitoring production, refining demand, inventory trends, and global crude and heavy products flows
Analyze differentials, quality impacts, and arbitrage opportunities, providing proactive ad‑hoc analytics based on current market dynamics
Deliver timely insights and market intelligence to trading, scheduling, and origination teams to support commercial decision‑making
Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity across market databases, models, and reporting outputs
Provide regular market updates and forward‑looking analysis highlighting risks, opportunities, and structural shifts
Support Supply Trading and Origination in identifying new commercial opportunities and evolving market dislocations
Translate complex market dynamics into actionable strategies using modeling, visualization, and analytical tools
Distill complex analysis into clear, concise insights and communicate effectively with commercial and cross‑functional partners