Natural Gas Supply Manager

Role Overview

• Manages the team responsible for negotiating and maintaining both term and spot natural gas purchases and related energy products as applicable to ensure supply reliability and optimize the energy balance across all refinery and plant systems.
• Manages procurement strategies for natural gas supply, transportation capacity, and other complementary feedstocks that support refinery operations.
• Manages and develops the commercial strategy for natural gas and power supply to (and in some cases from) the refineries, including long term asset development opportunities and commercial arrangements.
• Manages and develop the strategy and negotiate the purchase of natural gas and natural gas transportation for all HFS plants in the USA.
• Review refinery, RDU, co-gen and hydrogen plant usage daily and increase/decrease daily purchases based on usage, with various marketing companies in various locations.
• Ensure all purchases and sales of gas are fully documented and summarized for accounting and billing purposes.
• Build consensus on strategy and recommend best practices to improve products, processes or services.
• Manages key stakeholders to identify, negotiate and implement commercial opportunities.
• Call on existing and prospective customers and build business relationships, recommending and initiating the establishment of new alternate supply points.
• Develops purchase and transportation agreements for various Company entities as needed.
• Monitor purchases and determine growth opportunities.
• Evaluate market options and make strategy and hedging recommendations.
• Interpret internal/external business challenges and recommend best practices for improvement.
• Works with management to develop commercial talent.
• Liaises with Refineries, Planning and Optimization and Contracts & Pricing to ensure efficient completion of contracts.
• Develop economic and risk analysis of energy availability for the plants.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of Natural Gas Supply and Marketing, Business Development, Power Supply, and Financial Analysis in the Oil and Gas industry is required.
• High-level understanding of Refinery operations is an asset.
• Natural gas and power experience required.
• Refinery, gas plant, co-gen or solar experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge for the mid-Continent, Southwest and Pacific North West gas markets.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft products and general SAP end user experience.
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business or technical discipline is required.
• MBA preferred.
• Proven leadership skills including mentoring, decision making, and delegation and motivating others.
• Ability to work independently or on teams.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
• Educational Reimbursement
• Parental Bonding Time
• Employee Discounts