Job Description

Refined Product Trader

POSITION OVERVIEW This is a senior trading seat for someone who knows the refined petroleum markets and wants real ownership of a physical products position. You will source and procure product, build out term supply contracts, manage risk, and shape the optimization strategy that keeps supply balanced and margins strong. It is a high-impact role with direct influence on the company's position and profitability.

Salary: Competitive, based on experience
Location: Belle Vernon, PA
Schedule: Full-time, Exempt
Reports To: Vice President, Supply

CLIENT OVERVIEW Our client is a 100% employee-owned energy company operating in the refined petroleum products market, providing fueling solutions for industrial, commercial, retail, government, and transportation customers from the Midwest to the East Coast. As an employee-owned business, every team member shares in the company's success. The culture runs on safety, service, and respect, with core values of respect, lead, collaborate, serve, and solve.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive margin improvement across physical product origination supply, contract structure, and trade execution
• Define and run a trading strategy around origination, inventory, infrastructure, and sales commitments across the Gulf Coast and Chicago markets, using transportation on the Explorer, Buckeye, and Laurel pipelines
• Execute risk management on the daily electronic platform market
• Monitor inventory levels through daily collaboration with the sales group
• Build and maintain strong relationships with major oil refiners, blenders, supply partners, terminal and pipeline operators, and the broker community
• Optimize logistics around product blending (butane, naphtha)
• Identify and capture arbitrage value across regional markets
• Develop trading strategies that capture margin enhancement
• Identify new markets, derivative-based programs, and opportunities to participate
• Coordinate purchase and sale of inventory hedge positions with the Program Trader to keep the daily position balanced and in line with the company's Risk Management Policy
• Analyze market trends, supply and demand dynamics, and price differentials

REQUIREMENTS
Required:

• Minimum 5 years of energy trading experience
• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from an accredited four-year college or university
• Hands-on knowledge of electronic trading platforms and related exchanges
• Proven track record of delivering value-add trade strategies and position growth
• Logistics and sales experience across the energy complex
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills, with sound, timely business judgment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Tableau, Power BI, CME, ICE, DTN, CQG, and Refinitiv

BENEFITS

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Career growth within a well-established and expanding energy company