Value Chain Optimization Director - South

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Position Summary

The Value Chain Optimization Director - South Region reports directly to the Vice President, Value Chain Optimization (VCO) - South Region and is responsible for near-term Planning and Optimization of the South Region Value Chain, including Galveston Bay and Garyville Refineries, connected logistics, and international markets served out of the USGC. Directs refinery Economics and Planning teams and logistics coordinators, communicating operating plans, and asset capabilities and constraints to the commercial organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads groups of refineries within assigned region to develop and optimize tactical operating plans to maximize value to MPC and to enhance commercial contributions to the value chain.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and consultant to ensure product placement strategy, including contract commitments, market expansion, etc. is aligned with refining strategy.
• Identifies value chain constraints and opportunities, determines the economic impact, and develops solutions to mitigate and capture.
• Understands long-term market view to align and validate production and marketing business plans.
• Ensures alignment of operating plans and optimization decisions across organization al boundaries impacting the regional value chain to optimize overall value to the company.
• Ensures alignment of refinery production plans and product placement plans including risk management for all feedstocks and products.
• Drives alignment across value chain on prompt market view to align and validate production and marketing decisions.
• Develops processes to transparently communicate prompt events impacting value chain optimization across organizations.
• Ensures optimized plans are translated into targets for operations.
• Supports XPIMS model runs, ensuring high-fidelity decision support for short- and mid-term commercial planning, trading strategy, and asset optimization.
• Ensure alignment between Commercial and Operations leadership on Regional operating plans and strategy.
• Helps prepare monthly regional operating plan for presentation to the executive leadership team.

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