Shell

Job Description:

Channel Optimiser (CO) plays the most central role within TSP being responsible for the short/long term planning and optimisation of his/her products’ supply chains as well as the steering of day-to-day execution.

In full compliance to Shell HSSE standards and Turkish legislation (including d2d CSO requirements), CO ensures feasibility of fuels supply while ensuring minimum operational cost and maximized efficiency. He/she is also responsible for working capital and price exposure management in his/her supply chains.

Sitting in the middle between refineries, traders, operations, and marketing Cob’s; COs are responsible for assessing the best available supply options in different channels and they allocate available volumes into these in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

That requires a continuous collaboration/communication with HCDM, Schedulers, TSO, and Marketing Cob’s as well with external contract partners (ex: Tupraş, Star, STR, other oil companies etc.) where bottom line focus is essential to ensure E2E value is captured.

Accountabilities

Close liaison with Traders, HCDM, TSO, LPG & Bio Optimiser and marketing Cob’s is required to ensure maximum value is extracted from the supply chain while exposure and working capital are also under control. By working as part of a team, the Channel Optimiser must:

Channel Management

• Provide value steers to HCDM and trading for the creation of the hydrocarbon deal portfolio in ground fuels channels.
• Steer operation teams, including schedulers, terminals and RTS, for the execution of the supply chain & carry out necessary admin processes ensuring accuracy/timeliness in the ground fuels chains
• In collaboration with HCDM and HCDM dealmaker, optimize HC, OSP and S&H deal portfolio for his/her products ensuring compliance to contractual terms while actively using embedded contractual options for maximized value generation.
• Responsible for managing operating relationship with Mobility businesses
• Provide price & volume steers to marketing channels (Mobility) for the establishment of short/long term marketing strategies
• Close liaison with traders, dealmakers, optimizers, other schedulers, and ops desks of 3rd party sellers/buyers.
• Provides market strategies/mandates to hydrocarbon dealmakers & Traders for hydrocarbon buy/sell activities. Support HCDM in developing effective import negotiation strategies and performing contract performance look backs
• Acts as the book / Product lead (Ground Fuels) for logistics and marketing related projects being responsible for generating new ideas/concepts or requirements around their supply chains or tools & processes.
• Own & lead the yearly/monthly/daily planning process for his/her products’ supply chains steering executional functions (HCDM, Schedulers, TSO) while being in continuous communication with marketing Cob’s.
• Champion of the cultural change journey to embed greater commerciality within Channel Optimization and to champion end-to-end thinking and collaboration with all key internal/external stakeholder

Exposure Management

• Manage ground fuels chains including long-term planning and in-month execution
• Maximize integrated value in different channels ensuring on time supply with competitive cost and minimized price & WC exposure.
• Accountable for managing stock levels-supply security (Ground Fuels) in managed terminals (Shell or 3rd party) (capability to sustain reliable supply)
• Own TSP’s pricing into different channels which includes the ownership of market/transfer price for his/her products. He/she must support marketing businesses for all pricing decisions when required.
• Generates and provides pricing and volume steers towards marketing (Mobility) and HCDM & provides real time alternative market steers for available products to sales
• Gathers demand and market intelligence; and provides support/advice to Pricing Management for the integrated demand forecast & demand management process
• Decide strategic and tactical supply steers to minimize cost within TSP and across interfaces with other Cob’s with a constant focus for compliance, HSSE, exposure and WC management.
• Manage price risk exposure of ground fuels supply chains to ensure exposure is kept within Natural Length bandwidth
• Business Development & Digital Journey admiral
• Input provision to strategic projects, contracting and/or portfolio actions. Continuous collaboration with Business Development desk to capture and support new opportunities like Digitalisation within for his/her supply chains.

Dimensions

TSP is responsible to make fuel products in the portfolio available throughout the country while optimising cost and working capital; and increasing competitiveness and optionality of Shell’s supply chain with a focus on exposure management.

• AGO: ~4700 kT/year,
• MOGAS: ~900 kT/year,

Special Challenges

TSP environment is often dynamic and fast moving. Channel optimisers often must be able to respond quickly and accurately to challenging and sometimes conflicting deadlines to ensure compliant, competitive supply into available channels.

The ability to prioritise from several potentially conflicting tasks & initiatives whilst keeping a cool head is essential to success in dealing with internal and external customers. We are looking for those willing to work to deadlines in a lively, fast-moving, frequently changing environment where numeracy, attention to detail, proven team working, and communication skills are important.

Channel Optimisation has a strong operational dimension that requires incumbent to be contactable outside office hours to oversee important activities or resolve unplanned operation issues. In case of unplanned activities work pressure can be significant

Development Opps

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