US Commercial Scheduler

About The Role:

The Commercial Scheduler is responsible for providing direct logistics, scheduling, and inventory management of A&IP products within North America via rail, truck, vessel or transload, directly linked to equity or third-party production of refined products.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with site operations to manage volumes and inbound and outbound rail, truck, vessel and transload shipments to ensure demand fulfillment
• This position will be responsible for more than one asset (facility, terminal, upgrader, refinery etc)
• Manage relationships with Canadian and US carriers
• Manage daily requests for freight rates and costs to deliver to new jobs
• Maintain fuel surcharge databases
• Enter necessary freight and associated delivery costs into ETRM systems
• Seeks alternative sources of delivery during planned and unplanned outages to meet sales commitments and forecasts
• Provide freight rates to marketing and trading to assist with new business development
• Provide customer service to counter parties, customers, and other internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate daily scheduling between manufacturing, terminals, customers, and sales
• Scheduling of commodities including but not limited to, asphalt, emulsions, pet coke, Sulphur, diesel, ethanol, and intermediates
• Manage and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly logistics reports, KPIs and dashboards
• Verify and approve non-auto freight invoices
• Proactively seek out ways to minimize logistics costs, improve service delivery and manage incremental volumes
• Provide backup and support to other logistics roles in the team including vacation coverage and projects.

Candidate Requirements:

• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States
• Bachelor’s Degree; preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Economics
• A minimum of 3-7 years of logistics experience specifically as a scheduler with rail, truck and/or vessel experience (pipeline candidates could be considered)
• A minimum of 3-7 years within Oil and Gas, preferably in downstream or refined products
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Must be a self-starter, detail oriented, and able to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment meeting time sensitive deadline
• Experience working in a geographically dispersed environment is an asset