Sr. Scheduler - Commercial Supply & Trading

Valero is the best-in-class producer of essential fuels and products that are foundational to modern life. We invite you to join our ~10,000 employees to drive exceptional results for our company, the energy industry and our community.

As a Sr. Scheduler within the Commercial Supply & Trading department, you will coordinate product movements via barge, pipeline, truck, ship or rail and ensure correct type, quantity and timing of the load/unload activity. 

At Valero, we are committed to advancing the future of energy through innovation, ingenuity and unmatched execution. You can help achieve this goal if you can:

• Manage appropriate inventory positions that balance the existing market conditions, wholesale forecasts, production schedules, and logistics constraints to keep terminals adequately supplied and refineries balanced.
• Communicate with traders, refinery personnel, wholesale, terminal operators, and logistics operators to develop a schedule.
• Nominate and support actualizing and documenting movements in SAP
• Proactively adjust the schedule when conflicting objectives disrupt planned movements
• Understand contractual requirements and manage secondary costs to move products in the most cost-efficient manner.
• Accruesand track secondary costs accurately in SAP.
• Provide guidance to less experienced Schedulers and provide back-up support to other Schedulers, as needed.

Scheduler duties may be performed in one of the following departments: 

Scheduler- Marine: 

• Participates in the execution of all activities involved in the operations and scheduling of ocean vessels operating on behalf of the Company
  Schedules product movements via barge or ship and ensures correct type, quantity, and timing of the load/unload activity
  Monitors trading cargoes and works closely with all parties involved in vessel operations and regulatory agencies on a worldwide basis

Scheduler- Products & Crude/Feedstock: 

• Schedules deliveries via barges, pipelines, and other distribution methods, issues movement orders, and maintains inventory positions for assigned areas by balancing market demand and sales with available supply 
• Manages appropriate inventory positions that balance the existing market conditions, wholesale forecasts, production schedules, and logistics constraints to keep terminals adequately supplied and refineries balanced

Scheduler- Rail: 

• Schedules product movements via rail and ensures correct type, quantity, and timing of the load/unload activity
• Optimizes turnaround on reconciling freight/transportation invoices, dispatches truck carriers for product delivery, provides customer support, and resolves any logistical requirements for product and cost savings efficiencies to further maximize Valero’s profitability

This position is salaried exempt status, which means you are not eligible for overtime pay.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required 
• 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas required: Logistics, Transportation (all means), Business/Financial Analysis, Marine Operations, Military, Oil & Gas/Refining/Petrochemical Industry.
• Able and willing to manage assigned operations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays as needed, required. 
• Able and willing to work onsite and in-person on a full-time basis at the Valero San Antonio headquarters, required. 

Preferred Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in industrial distribution, energy management, business, finance, accounting, math, marine, science or engineering preferred. 
• Prior experience in at least one of the following roles preferred: Scheduling (Crude, Products, Rail, Marine), Business Analysis (Crude, Products, Allocation, Wholesale Pricing, Trading Risk, Transportation, Transfer Pricing, Wholesale, Commercial Logistics Contract), Trading Analysis, or Commercial Analysis

Need more reasons to work for a company that is both professionally challenging and culturally rewarding?  Take a look at some of our best-in-class benefits:

• Competitive Pay and Annual Bonus Program
• 100% match on 401(K) up to 7%, with immediate vesting
• Company-sponsored Pension Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare and Wellness Programs
• Onsite Daycare Center
• Onsite Employee and Family Wellness Centers (Physician & Pediatrician)
• Onsite Pharmacy
• State-of-the-art 24-hour Fitness Center free for employees and spouses with access to Tennis and Basketball Facilities
• Onsite cafeteria open for breakfast and lunch
• Sprawling campus with walking paths and access to biking trails

Benefits described above are highlights only, subject to an employee’s eligibility and work location.

All successful candidates must be eligible to obtain a TWIC card (Transportation Worker Identification Credential). It is Valero’s policy that employees must wear this card at all times while working at the refinery. Please review eligibility criteria at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic.  

Position level and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Valero's employees and team-focused culture drive our success. We’re invested in our dedicated workforce through a comprehensive, customizable benefits package, while supporting a caring culture that delivers a rewarding work environment built on teamwork, excellence and career growth. To explore the ways we build a stronger team, visit Valero.com/Careers.

Valero is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Please be advised, if you are viewing this position on a website that lists an estimated salary rate/range, it was not provided by Valero.  Valero’s market specific salary rate/range will be provided during the recruiting process and tends to be higher than what is estimated by such websites.  

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