Global Long-Term Petrochemical Specialist

Overview

We are seeking a Global Long-Term Petrochemical Specialist to join the Global Analysis department, within Strategy & Market Analysis.

The Global Analysis department serves as the corporate think tank on global issues, including several functions such as scenario planning, short and long-term outlook, and third-party benchmarking. The department looks at factors affecting market conditions as well as provides forecasts on global product prices. The department develops scenarios and market insights to support executive management decision-making.

The global petrochemical specialist is required to understand the key interplay between feedstock & chemical markets and the petrochemical system. The person needs to have a deep understanding of the petrochemical systems. Familiarity with linear programming and chemical process unit modelling would also be advantageous. In this role, the person will be seen as the expert on petrochemical fundamentals and quantitative methods to provide insights and analysis throughout the department.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Develop long-term forecasts of petrochemical throughput, petchem supply & demand and prices.
• Develop long term forecasts and scenarios based on solid petrochemical background and assumptions that incorporate global policies and geopolitics, new technologies, investment climate and risk appetites, and changing consumer behavior and socioeconomics.
• Provide insight on the evolution of the long-term global petrochemical market that is supported by sound quantitative analysis and the synthesis of cross-regional and cross-market trends.
• Assists Director and Division Heads with adhoc requests or special projects: responds to queries regarding specific petrochemicals  related topics with a focus on the long-term.
• Guide, design and improve existing models for the purpose of understanding long term petrochemical market dynamics
• To challenge, validate, innovate and improve models and tools to forecast the petrochemical sector (yield and technology shifts, petchem plant upgrades, bio-supply, cost of production, refinery integration, petchem margins and profitability of investments, feedstock and petchem product valuation, trade flows, etc.)
• Represents Saudi Aramco at industry conferences and seminars. Travel is required one or two times a year.
• Build and maintain external relationships with external consultants to be able to stay in touch with the latest industry developments

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will have:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Management or Engineering field. An advanced degree is preferred.
• Minimum 15 years experience in the petrochemical industry, specifically in market analytics and research. Experience in petrochemical supply and trading is a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of petrochemical plant operations and optimization.
• Strong modeling capabilities and understanding of feedstock and petrochemical prices, trade flow dynamics, margins and supply demand balances.
• Advanced knowledge on excel is a must.  
• Linear Programming experience as well as process unit model development, design and costing are a plus
• Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision and on relatively unstructured tasks.  Must be able to work in time-sensitive environment and reacts quickly with requests.
• Ability to mentor and motivate junior staff members.