Scheduler, Cushing Crude

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The Scheduler, Cushing Crude will work in an open, fast-paced environment with a team of Schedulers and Traders in Houston and Calgary to optimize crude oil supply throughout Phillips 66’s refining system and commercial businesses. The role will include crude scheduling activities for terminals and pipelines supplying the Cushing, Oklahoma market and associated Phillips 66 refineries.

What You’ll Do:

• Act with intention and focus on value-generation for Phillips 66 Commercial and Refining:
  • Coordinate closely with trading, VCO, refinery and midstream operations partners to align scheduling decisions with commercial strategies, optimize transportation efficiency, and minimize per‑barrel transportation costs.
  • Monitor contract and supplier performance, summarize findings, and provide feedback and market and cost insights to support sourcing decisions, negotiations, and continuous improvement in logistics and supply chain processes.
  • Coordinate and oversee crude blending activities, ensuring tight adherence to desired quality specifications.
  • Cultivate and maintain internal and external counterparty relationships in support of operations.
• Oversee inventory management activities related to individually assigned desk, including but not limited to the following tasks:
  • Prepare and maintain the Phillips 66 position sheet for all internal company entities that hold inventory at Cushing, including 5 refineries and 10+ trading books, across 30+ crude oil grades in each month. Utilize this information to prepare and submit weekly inventory levels vs targets for the Supply and Trading businesses and ensure proper inter-company bookouts are conducted timely.
  • Schedule, nominate, and confirm physical and paper (i.e. “Book-out”) movements via various distribution channels through internal and third-party scheduling systems for pipelines, terminals, and other modes of transportation.
  • Prepare and maintain daily the monthly supply/demand balance and lease forecasts required to plan around the supply, markets, and pipelines disruptions, and provide updates on positions and respond to unexpected events, making contingency plans to minimize disruption to supply or movements.
  • Manage, update, and tie out SAP with crude oil movements from nominations to shipper Balance actuals.
  • Monitor gains/losses of physical transactions and lead investigations into significant discrepancies with appropriate external and internal counterparties, with a focus on root cause analysis and error rate reduction over time.
  • Act as a liaison between accounting/billing personnel and traders: aid in the resolution of price discrepancies, contract issues, payment terms, volume differences, etc.
  • Support resolution of Book-to-book and Book-to-Physical activities for self and team, addressing root causes where possible.
  • Understand and abide by the rules/requirements of regulatory reporting.
  • Prepare and submit daily written reports regarding operational status for own desk as well as team members.
  • Provide backup coverage for other schedulers, participate in on‑call support for dynamic 24/7 operations, and build your capabilities through ongoing training and learning about evolving regulations, technology, and industry best practices.
  • Manage relationships with suppliers, carriers, inspectors, and other contract service providers to ensure contract requirements, quality specifications, and measurement standards are met, resolving issues such as volume or price discrepancies.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree

• 3 or more years of experience in the Energy industry supporting supply, trading, or logistical functions
• Intermediate or greater proficiency working in Microsoft Excel
• Able to work remotely via cellphone and/or laptop computer 24/7
• Able to work extended and non-standard hours

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• 3 or more years of commercial scheduling experience
• Knowledge of US crude oil logistics and downstream operations, supply chains, and value drivers
• Experience working with SAP and other logistics and supply chain systems such as Navarik, Transportation Management Systems, or advanced analytics tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau)
• Experience analyzing logistics and supply chain data to optimize inventory, transportation costs, and scheduling decisions
• Experience with contract management, supplier performance monitoring, and supporting commercial negotiations
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, planning, influencing, and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple complex assignments in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while driving continuous improvement
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external counterparties and represent Phillips 66 with integrity and professionalism
• High degree of ethics, personal drive, and dedication to achieving team goals, increase general interest value to the company, and support internal and external customers
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments that are broad in scope and complexity

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $121,500 - $148,500. 

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Commercial organization  works to effectively leverage assets and market knowledge to create additional value within the risk parameters of the Company. We do this by maximizing general interest profitability, enhancing return on capital employed by successfully partnering with the Refining, Transportation and Marketing functions to ensure Value Chain Integration.   Our truck and rail fleets support our feedstock and distribution operations.  Rail movements are provided via a fleet of more than 10,000 owned and leased rail cars. Truck movements are provided through numerous third-party trucking companies, as well as through our 100 percent-owned subsidiary, Sentinel Transportation LLC.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com

To be considered:

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 04/01/2026.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1).  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.