NGL Inventory and Scheduling Analyst

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate product distribution strategies with Marketing Representatives
• Maintain plant, refinery and terminal inventory forecasts and monitor inventory levels
• Optimize rail and truck shipments in the field based upon ever changing customer demand. Also, responsible for scheduling truck shipments to fulfill customer orders
• Leverage Targa assets to provide our customers with the best support and logistics
• Evaluate logistic synergies with railcars, trucks and transloading
• Coordinate heavies business/accounting month end close activities with accounting and work with customers on month end exchanges and nominations for the following month
• Schedule butane blending windows to effectively maintain our inventory at our terminals and remain in constant contact with our transportation contractors to ensure proper departure/arrival timing of shipments
• Provide prompt response to customer and supplier schedule and delivery changes
• Produce and distribute product delivery schedules to production facilities and transportation service providers
• Develop plans and priorities with Transport Dispatchers that maximize customer service and asset utilization
• Lead efforts with freight rates, freight orders, accounting reconciliations and general reporting into S21 to assist Heavies marketing team. Also focus on accounts receivables across all business lines: condensate marketing and heavies marketing
• Occasional visits to plants, refineries, and customer facilities
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Strong mathematical / quantitative skills
• Enjoys "number-crunching" and analysis
• Can manage multiple assignments simultaneously and assign priorities
• Ability to work in a team environment with strong interpersonal skills
• Listens to customer needs and remains effective and positive when dealing with difficult or unsatisfied customers
• Demonstrate ability to apply quantitative analysis techniques using MS Excel
• Extended hours will be necessary at times. Must be available to receive and respond to customer and plant telephone calls 24 x 7
• Regular and reliable attendance

Nice to Have

• BS in Finance, Logistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or Science
• Demonstrated ability to develop solutions to complex distribution problems
• 2 or more years experience in transportation-related field