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We invest in every aspect of our employees’ lives because, at Motiva, our people matter.\nHeadquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company’s Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex in Port Arthur, TX, is comprised of North America’s largest refinery with a total throughput of 720,000 barrels per day, the largest base oil plant in the western hemisphere, and an integrated chemical plant. Under exclusive long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva’s commercial operations supply more than 12 billion gallons of fuel to customers annually. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies.\n\nPosition Overview:\nReporting to the Director, Commercial Supply - Clean Products & Compliance Credits, the Lead Optimization Analyst - Clean Products Exports Coordinator will serve as the focal point for coordinating evaluation, optimization, and analysis for clean products export activities across multiple stakeholder groups to drive value for the enterprise.\nThis position is responsible for coordination of Port Arthur Terminal dock optimization, with a focus on best-netback decision making and clean products exports. The role requires close coordination across various Manufacturing Optimization functions, Marketing & Sales, PAMC Operations, and Aramco Trading Americas (ATA) to support short-term refined product placement and long-term, data-driven improvement opportunities (including supporting project ideation and economics). It combines responsibilities traditionally performed by Commercial Performance Analysts, Supply Managers, Gasoline Coordinators, and Optimizers, providing broad exposure across commercial analysis, supply optimization, export execution, trading support, and business development.\nDay-to-day priorities will flex based on business requirements and market conditions. Related to clean products exports, the role will provide export opportunity evaluation, coordination, and execution. Additional primary responsibilities include backup coverage for Supply Managers (and potentially other functions as needed) and developing / sustaining analytics and scorecard metrics for clean products.\nThis is an in-office position based at Motiva's Corporate Headquarters in Houston, Texas. Occasional travel to Port Arthur, Texas is required.\nResponsibilities: \nExport Opportunity Evaluation & Execution\nCoordinates supply into and out of key refining / downstream / product demand / operational areas, utilizing financial instruments to enhance decision-based economics.\nPrimary interface between Aramco Trading Americas (ATA) and PAMC based staff regarding export-related opportunities, evaluations, and execution.\nAssess inventory positions, logistics constraints, and market opportunities to support optimal product placement and value realization.\nSupport export market expansion initiatives through economic evaluation, market analysis, and opportunity assessment.\nDevelop preliminary export economics, blend evaluations, break even values (BEVs), and feasibility assessments for prospective export opportunities.\nUtilize MBO Blend Optimization and LP model results in break-even value calculations.\nCoordinate feasibility reviews and alignment discussions regarding export recommendations with key commercial and operational stakeholders.\nFacilitate resolution discussions for scheduling, inventory, dock, logistics, and operational conflicts associated with export activities.\nDevelop and maintain export opportunity tracking tools and commercial performance reporting, including approved grades, execution performance, bid outcomes, and market feedback.\nProvide tracking for KPIs related to exports and related activities\nProvide after-hours export coordination as business conditions require.\nCommercial Performance Analytics\nManage daily trading-related P&L performance across gasoline, distillates, renewable fuels, compliance credits, exports, and inventory positions to support profitability optimization and decision-making.\nProvide continuous market intelligence regarding supply and demand fundamentals, pricing trends, competitive activity, export market dynamics, customer demand, and emerging commercial opportunities.\nConduct economic evaluations, forecasting activities, scenario analyses, sensitivities, and business case assessments.\nAssess commercial opportunities, risks, and market trends to develop recommendations that improve profitability, market position, and decision quality.\nPrepare presentations, reports, and executive-ready commercial summaries enabling decision-making and planning activities.\nLead optimization analyses supporting annual business planning, forecasting activities, and strategic commercial decision-making\nEvaluate commercial exposures associated with supply, pricing, exports, inventory positions, and market opportunities.\nAssess commercial risks associated with pricing, inventory positions, export activities, counterparties, and market volatility, partnering with Finance and Risk Management to recommend mitigation strategies.\nIdentify and champion continuous improvement opportunities in both process and systems, including supporting goals for digitalization and automation where appropriate in the clean products space.\nSupply Management Support\nProvide backup coverage for Supply Management, including deal execution, hedging support, inventory optimization, market analysis, and market briefings, as needed for daily support and short- to medium-term absences.\nPrepare weekly and monthly deal analytics to highlight optimization value added.\nUnderstand end-to-end exposures in Motiva’s clean products business and demonstrate commercial stewardship by recommending improvements.\nCross-Functional Integration & Stakeholder Management\nCoordinate closely with Operations, Scheduling, Chartering, Finance, Risk, Trading, Global Optimization, and other stakeholders across Motiva and Aramco to optimize commercial outcomes, manage business risks, and capture market opportunities.\nServe as a key communication point between commercial and operational stakeholders related to all waterborne clean products activities at PAMC.\nBuild and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders across Motiva, Aramco Trading Americas, and external counterparties as needed.\nFacilitate implementation of approved commercial opportunities and monitor performance through completion.\nExperience and Qualifications\nRequired Education and Experience\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related discipline.\nMinimum 7 years of experience in commercial operations, supply, scheduling, optimization, logistics, trading support, business development, or related downstream energy functions.\nStrong understanding of refined products markets, supply chain economics, and downstream commercial operations.\nExperience conducting commercial analyses, economic evaluations, forecasting, and business performance assessments.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.\nAbility to interpret market dynamics and develop actionable business recommendations.\nExperience working independently across multiple stakeholder groups in a fast-paced commercial environment.\nExcellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business analytics tools.\nAwareness of refinery gasoline blending and associated trading risks and exposures.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nGasoline blending with refinery operations and economic experience - LP modeling, recipe development and fine tuning using MBO, plus understanding of trading/marketing international gasoline grades. \nMBA or advanced degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.\nKnowledge of marine logistics, terminal operations, shipping, and export execution processes.\nKnowledge of financial risk management, hedging concepts, and commercial exposure analysis.\nExperience with compliance credits, renewable fuels, or regulatory market programs.\nExperience developing business cases and supporting strategic initiatives.\nWe reserve the right to amend or withdraw Motiva jobs at any time, including prior to the closing date. Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or grade.\nApplicants for regular U.S. positions must be authorized to work in the United States for Motiva Enterprises LLC without the need for sponsorship of an immigration authorization or visa (for example, TN, H-1B, or other employment-based immigration authorization or visa).\nMotiva participates in E-Verify.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status under federal, state, or local laws.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9330,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Drug Discovery","Education","Government","Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T16:54:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":75,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.838,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":10,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:28","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T00:15:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":366,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1777573},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1777573"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-optimization-analyst-clean-products-exports-coordinator"}]}