Planning & Optimization Manager - Crude

An exciting career awaits you At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment. POSITION SUMMARY: The Planning & Optimization Manager leads crude oil supply and demand optimization for the South and West refining systems, coordinating across Trading, Refining, and Scheduling to identify and execute commercial opportunities. Serves as the strategic liaison to ensure alignment across feedstock acquisition, pricing, logistics, and refinery operations, while tracking economic uplift and performance metrics. Develops subject matter expertise in crude pricing and optimization, supporting strategy execution and continuous improvement initiatives. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Oversees crude oil supply/demand for South and West refining systems and identifies optimization opportunities. Coordinates with Trading, Refining, and Scheduling to identify and evaluate economics of available supply/demand balances in South and West Region refineries to realize commercial opportunities. Communicates system opportunities for optimum refinery operation in 30-120-day period to Trading and Refineries. Collaborates with Trading to provide timely market opportunities and pricing to meet system requirements. Maintains and tracks economic uplift and key performance indicators for crude optimization and strategic decisions. Makes daily contact between Refinery, Transportation, and Marketing to communicate feedstock needs, crude availability, and refinery operating status. Evaluates and coordinates opportunities within the refining system to capture synergies. Provides support to the strategy implementation and business development activities. Acts as liaison between Trading, MPLX, Scheduling, and Refining to ensure alignment on direction to meet optimized plan and capture commercial opportunities. Coordinates with the Quality and Measurements group to ensure appropriate and adequate compilation of measurement data to determine the success of the feedstock acquisition process and to initiate continuous improvement processes/practices. Ensures improved customer relations by reviewing process efficiency and effectiveness such as schedule compliance, pricing, and quality assurance. Develops into subject matter expert on crude pricing and optimization processes. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required. Eight (8) or more years of Refining Operations, Planning, and/or Commercial experience required. Skills Authentic Communicator Business Acumen Continuous Improvement Mindset Energizing the Organization Ongoing Learning & Self-Development Relationship Management Results Driven Selecting and Developing People Strategic Outlook Location: Houston, TX Relocation: Available Estimated Travel: <10% As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth. Location: Houston, Texas Additional locations: Job Requisition ID: 00023023 Location Address: 500 Dallas St Ste 2900 Education: Employee Group: Full time Employee Subgroup: Regular Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here . If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected] . Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com .The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program. 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