Senior Specialist, Production Optimization

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE:

• Assumes responsibility of profit maximization through optimized commercial decisions
• Ensures AR and ADNOC global trading (AGT) interests are secured through most optimum feedstock purchases and product exports.
• Ensure all commercial economic evaluations are the most optimum and fit for purpose and ensures Business needs are secured accordingly.
• Liaises with all stake holders to ensure effective asset utilization and inventory management.
• Coordinates with Refinery operations and technical teams to ensure most optimum unit operations in line with optimized weekly production plans.
• Responsible for implementation of optimized operating plan execution to meet the production and sales commitments.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:Job Specific Accountabilities:Liaison with Trading / Commercial Teams

• Collaborates with all Parties including Optimization Sub-Committee (OSC) & Optimization Committee (OC) to capture market opportunities in agile and effective manner.
• Reviews outcomes of economic models and present import/export cases to OC/OSC as required to obtain approvals.
• Supports ADNOC Global Trading in decision making process for imports/ exports
• Coordinates with DMTD and AGT functions on pricing, product portfolio
• Ensures effective coordination to obtain all relevant input data required for economic analysis and ensures its correctness
• Facilitate required coordination for the development of fair pricing mechanism for feedstock and product exports/ imports.
• Represent Supply Chain Management Division in discussions on feedstock purchases and product movement.

Support to commercial planning and Economics

• Ensures correctness of inputs to support economic models
• Guide Senior specialist /Specialist Economic model in the matters related to Business inputs
• Ensures to capture all refinery constraints and market factors in economic analysis of opportunities
• Participates in analysis of economic model out comes and ensures its correctness
• Supports quantification of impact for assessment by OC and OSC
• Coordinates with Senior Analyst Commercial planning on feedstock and product supplies
• Supports Commercial planning team in Finalization of export/ import requirements and finalising schedule date ranges
• Guides the team in all supply matters to realise best value for AR and AGT based on market conditions and direction
• Contributes to finalization of inventory management strategy and monitors its implementation
• Quantify / communicate impact of feedstock changes to refinery operations
• Ensures that all commercial decisions on feedstock and products are well communicated.

Refinery Coordination:

• Responsible for execution of production plans to meet commercial commitments.
• Supervises, in coordination with senior commercial planning analyst, optimum utilization of assets and intermediate inventory routings to maximise value. Involves in discussions with refinery in this regard.
• Coordinates with sites on product specification changes from time to time.
• Ensure effective coordination with other functions like Production planning and Refined products supply to realise optimum results.
• Bring core knowledge of production planning, scheduling, economics, asset constraints/flexibilities to commercial teams.
• Receive, update & challenge asset constraints.

Miscellaneous:

• Facilitates SCM Divisional objectives through regular interactions with / guidance from PO T/L, PO Manager, VP SCMD & other Department Managers of SCMD
• Accountable for providing advice on companyu2019s implementation of relevant periodic Plans directing optimization improvements and adherence to business processes to add value for ARJV and ADNOC Global Trading.
• Initiates and participates in optimization discussions and adherence to the contractual Agreements terms and conditions relevant to SCMD on behalf of ARJV in coordination with Marketing & Trading.
• Reviews strategies for award of contract or spot businesses to ensuring transparency, best commercial practices for optimal results.
• Prepares objective reports, presentation, documentation/ position papers for Supply Chain Management, as required
• Presents import/ export scenario analysis as required from time to time
• Responsible for finalization of commercial decisions based on techno-commercial economic analysis

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:Minimum Qualification

• Bacheloru2019s Degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Economics or equivalent additional business qualification is an advantage.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge

• 10 years of experience in the production optimization field preferably in the oil / gas or petrochemical industry

SKILLS

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Proficient in verbal and written English. Knowledge of Arabic is preferable
• Knowledge of the Oil and Gas Industry.
• Optimization modelling using spread sheets and/or linear programming models. Ability to use relevant computer software packages
• Business Analysis
• Economic appraisal using spreadsheet investment appraisal models
• Construction of economic and financial spreadsheet models
• Report writing and presentation skill

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Keyskills :
Report Writing Economic appraisal Business Analysis

About Company

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company or ADNOC is the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates. It is the world's 12th largest oil company by production. As of 2021, the company has an oil production capacity exceeding 4 million b/d with plans to increase to 5 million bpd by 2030.