Trading Operator | bp

Location United States of America - Illinois - Chicago Travel required Negligible travel should be expected with this role Job category Supply & Trading Relocation available This role is not eligible for relocation Job type Professionals Job code RQ070589 Experience level Intermediate

Job summary

Entity:

Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

Job Summary:

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 chainworks supporting our equity production, refineries, customerworks, and trading business. The role requires the ability to troubleshoot problems and have amercial mindset to optimize decisions that improve profitability or lower costs. The Trading Operator must deliver safety andpliance requirements, meet product quality for the deal or regulations, andmunicate effectively across internal and external parties. Our Trading Operators have a bias for action as well as a focus on efficiency and automation. The Trading Operator 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 canate 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,modities, and supply chains.

Job Description:

Key Accountabilities:

Manage the safe andpliant movement of crude via various modes of transportation. Troubleshoot operational and logistical constraints. Deeply understand the activity you cover. Develop and leverage positive relationships with key internal and external partners. Maintain accurate data in the system of record. Understand your role and proe attention to detail. Identify opportunities to optimizemercial value or lower costs. Represent operations in support of new business activity. Willingness to learn multiple modes of transportation andmodities to support the team. Proactivelyentify/drive areas of continuous improvement to enhance efficiency through automation. Proe training and mentorship to less experienced operators Tackle special projects when needed.

Essential Education:

Bachelor s Degree or equivalent experience

Essential Experience:

Minimum 5 years of prior working experience in energy industry, supply chain, or crude/products scheduling experience Strong analytical and problem solving skills leading to effective decision making Ability to manage conflicting priorities and deliver results within the required time constraints. Strongmunication and relationship management skills

Desirable Criteria:

Strong bias for action Ability to thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment Strongmercial acumen Ability to make a quick decision, sometimes without all the facts

You Will Work With:

The Operations team isprised of a mix of indiuals, backgrounds, and experiences. We have built a culture that prioritizes professional and leadership development while striving to deliver a rewarding place to work through a diverse, high caliber equitable workforce. Your key partners are slightly different for each role but generally include the trader, counterparties, service proers, inspectors, as well as internal functions including safety, finance, and risk.

Why join us:

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We aremitted to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous p parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that indiuals with disabilities are proed reasonable amodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request amodation.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hyb 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, Shipping/transport, Supply chain management, Trade discipline andpliance, Trading and scheduling operations, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge, Troubleshooting, Voyage operations

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at ourpany. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Indiuals with disabilities may request a reasonable amodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application,pleting required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an amodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request amodations.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.