WHO IS OUR CLIENT?

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE?

We are seeking a Downstream Market Analyst to join our Global Optimizer Development Department (GOD).

The (GOD) charter is to optimize crude allocation and the operations of global manufacturing facilities in order to maximize revenue, increase profitability, and capture international market opportunities.
Your primary role will be to provide highest level technical, professional advice and guidance regarding the outlook & pricing of refined, chemical products, crude and logistics, interpreting market movement and the implications on the business.

REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate must hold a Bachelor Degree in Commerce, Marketing, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, or a closely related subject.

• Post-graduate education or equivalent experience in MBA/Economics is desirable.
• Deep knowledge of data warehousing and mining.
• Between 7+ years relevant professional experience (preferable in oil & gas downstream business), including 3 in field as a marketing analyst including analysis across refined product markets at global, regional and country levels. Assess the impacts of product flows, refinery economics and pricing on refined and chemical product markets.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be willing to transfer implicit knowledge to the team and work effectively in cross functional teams.

RESPONSABILITIES

The successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Study global events and updates affecting the energy and oil & gas industry.
• Gather information and develop own forecasts based on market understandings for prices covering a rolling 3-4 months outlook horizon.
• Interface closely with product specialists and Aramco Trading Company ATC traders for input.
• Assess market premium and discounts in various enclaves.
• Perform quality control to ensure market relevance of transfer prices, trigger review of contracts (if needed) and inform JV offtake positions during negotiations.
• Continuously improve market relations and forward curves methodology.
• Review and provide necessary feedback to Fuels Business Management and Law department in relation to newly proposed Transfer Price contracts & agreements and/or amendments to existing agreements. Ensure fair pricing practices across all refineries for products and crude.
• Will look for ways to introduce best practices to enhance company profitability and improve performance based on extensive prior work experience in the downstream oil & gas industry specifically Trading & Sales unit, Corporate Planning, Market Research Department, Business Development .
• Promotes innovative solutions to solve complicated problems or identify issues.
• Applies industry leading knowledge to improve performance.

REWARDS & BENEFITS OVERVIEW

Our client offers excellent compensation and industry-leading benefits and other programs designed to meet the diverse needs of their employees and their families.

Salary - commensurate with experience and individual qualifications.

Salary packages can include expatriate premiums & supplemental benefits plans

Annual bonus

Housing: housing allowance

Healthcare: Access to top-notch healthcare is an important part of working as an expatriate for our client.

Dependent Education: High School allowance

Annual vacation: 22 days of vacation leave per year. In addition to annual vacations days, employees also receive 11 paid company holidays each year.

Repatriation allowance: Annually round trip to your home country.

THE STAGES OF THIS PROCESS ARE:

1. Resume Evaluation: A member of our recruitment team will evaluate that your resume matches the client's job description requirement.

Use the job description requirements to highlight your relevant experience and skills.

Be specific and describe the significance of your work, keyword alignment is important. Emphasize the impact of the work you've contributed to HR areas and tasks. Use your professional profile/resume to focus on major accomplishments and qualifications that match the job.

If your resume evaluation is suitable for this position, the recruitment team will invite you to a preliminary phone/video interview in 2-3 days.

If your resume evaluation is not suitable, you will be receiving an e-mail notification in 2-3 days.

2. Interviews stage

2.1 LHR Americas preliminary phone/video interview: A member of the Talent Acquisition team from LHR Americas will first schedule a call with you to discuss the details of the position, your interests, and qualifications. Furthermore, your English level will be evaluated at this stage, ONLY native or advanced speakers will approve this evaluation.

If this preliminary phone/video interview is successful your resume will be submitted to our client.

If your preliminary phone/video interview is not successful our Talent Acquisition consultant will inform you.

2.2 Client phone/video interview: This interview will happen only if your resume is approved by our client, we cannot guarantee the time our Client will take to approve your resume, but it should take less than a week.

If your resume is approved a member of the Talent Acquisition Team from our client will schedule a call with you to evaluate your qualifications.

The client interview contains technical questions that help assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field and may include a behavioral evaluation. Be prepared to explain how you approach problems and produce solutions.

If your phone interview is successful, the hiring team will further evaluate your resume, and they will invite you to a video interview when hiring managers are available.

If your resume is not approved, LHR Americas will inform you.

2.3 Video interviews with hiring managers: which may also contain technical questions that help us assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field.

3. Conditional Offer

A successful interview may result in a conditional offer of employment.

Conditions for employment include but are not limited to: medical examinations, and permission to secure a visa to work and reside in-country.

4. Relocation process

After your offer is accepted and all conditions for employment are met, you will be assigned a relocation advisor from LHR Americas. This advisor is your go-to resource for the transition, providing helpful advice on everything from when to give notice to your current employer to visa services.