Entity:
Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:
Supply & Trading Group

Job Description:
About the role

The Trading Operator is integral to the success of the Trading & Shipping organization. Trading & Shipping is an integrator to deliver BP's strategy of resilient hydrocarbons and low carbon energy. The Trading Operator coordinates the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of the physical movements into and out of supply chain networks supporting our refineries, branded customer network, and trading business. The role requires the ability to troubleshoot problems and have a commercial mentality to optimize decisions that improve profitability or lower costs. The Trading Operator must deliver safety and compliance requirements, meet product quality for the deal or regulations, and communicate effectively across internal and external parties. Our Trading Operators have a bias for action as well as a focus on efficiency and automation.

This role in Cherry Point plays a vital role in moving product between suppliers, refineries, terminals, and customers across all modes of transportation including pipelines, rail, truck, intra terminal movements, barges, and vessels. The successful candidate will work on a specific operations bench but will be expected to develop broad operations skills to be deployed across multiple roles in the team for leave coverage and business needs. This includes learning multiple modes of transportation, commodities, and supply chains.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the safe and compliant movement of products or feedstocks via various modes of transportation.
• Be flexible and willing to learn multiple modes of transportation and commodities to support the team.
• Troubleshoot problems including timing, quality, supply, delivery, weather. Deeply understand your supply chain.
• Maintain a commercial mentality to see opportunities to optimize profits or lower costs.
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external interested parties.
• Maintain accurate data in the system of record. Understand your role and provide attention to detail. Work closely with back office and front office teams to ensure financial accuracy.
• Identify process efficiencies and support the implementation of change.
• Create a positive environment across operations by sharing ideas and best practices with a One Team approach.

Essential education, experience and requirements

• Mid-level experience of oil/gas industry, supply chain, bulk shipping and/or operations or any products scheduling experience
• Strong interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills leading to effective decision making
• Ability to successfully prioritize and complete tasks in fast paced environment
• Ability to manage across multiple interfaces and interested parties

Desired experience and criteria

• Strong bias for action
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Managing time and pressure in a multifaceted environment
• Ability to make a quick decision, sometimes without all the facts
• Ability to proactively manage day to day issues
• Ability to foresee potential problems and engaging others as necessary in resolution
• Commercial acumen proficiency
• Knowledge of refining, shipping, or terminal operations
• Basic understanding of physical trading and related terms and activities

How much do we pay (Base)? 107,000 to 160,000 USD Annually

• Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 - 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees . You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at benefits[redacted]. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks' paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits may include a pension for eligible employees.

As part of bp's wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at benefits[redacted].

Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation may be negotiable for this role

Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:
Ancillary cost management, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Competitor intelligence, Customer service delivery excellence, Demurrage, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Inventory Management, Listening, Marine assurance, Mentoring, Negotiating, Problem Solving, Sentiment and Trends, Shipping/transport, Supply chain management, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading and scheduling operations, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Troubleshooting, Voyage operations