Market Analysis Infrastructure Analyst - 12 Month Student Placement
London, GB
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Basic Function
We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Market Analysis Infrastructure Analyst to join our Global Market Analysis team as part of a year-long Placement Student opportunity. This role is pivotal in supporting our overall market analysis efforts, with a primary focus on maintaining and updating our Refinery Maintenance data. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring third-party data from IIR, ENT, Genscape, and the PSX trade community. Additionally, this position will ensure the consistency of information across various commodities, including crude, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heavy products, and others. In addition, this position will support ad hoc requests from Commercial Senior Management, Commercial groups, Chief Economist, and Investor Relations.
Primary Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- Developing a comprehensive understanding of commodity trading, including key supply/demand regions, logistics assets, storage facilities, and financial instruments used to hedge positions in these markets. An understanding of key trading strategies is crucial for success.
- Maintain and update Refinery Maintenance data. Provide regular updates and reports to trading about the status of outages.
- Monitor and integrate third-party data from IIR, ENT, Genscape, and PSX trade community.
- Collaborate with other commodity analysts to ensure consistency of information for crude, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heavy products, and other commodities.
- Work closely with analysts and traders to ensure accurate data capture and reporting.
- Ensure that all related reports remain updated and accurate.
- Provide timely and accurate data analysis to support market analysis efforts.
- Identify and address any issues or delays in the outage schedule and promptly notify trading.
- Development and maintenance of near/medium-term (prompt to 2 years out) supply and demand models. This will involve working closely with trading to understand the market and trends, incorporating downtime, seasonal cycles, and macroeconomic variables while utilizing import/export data to ensure the models are accurate and accepted by trading. Identify market anomalies and communicate to trading on what physical market and forward market changes might occur.
- Working with third party consultants and brokers to understand and evaluate their views on commodity markets and factor those into development of Phillips 66’s market view.
- Leading information gathering process and development of presentation packages as needed.
- Sharing knowledge freely and improving peer group understanding of own niche markets.
Basic/Required Skills
- The legal right to live and work in the UK on permanent basis without restrictions, or meet the relevant criteria for employer sponsorship
- A student who has the option to undertake a placement year as part of their degree, has completed at least their 2nd year of a relevant degree and is on course to achieve a minimum grade of 2:1.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Proficient in SQL, Python, and/or R – preferred
Preferred Skills
- High degree of collaborative skills
- Ability to develop, lead and actively participate on cross functional teams
- Strong willingness and ability to support internal customers in business requirements
- High degree of initiative, works proactively to anticipate needs
- Excellent written and oral communication, inter-personal and presentation skills
- High degree of collaborative skills; ability to develop, lead and actively participate on teams
- Ability to manage conflict, influence others and persuade/facilitate resolution
- Proficiency with statistical modeling software, database software, and economic modeling
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
- Capable of gaining consensus and trust across multiple functional areas within and external to Commercial to build a common vision and direction
- Ability to adapt to quickly evolving requirements
- Ability to synthesize data into useful information and clearly articulate it
- Proactive in problem identification and resolution providing creative solutions to complex issues
- Strong ethics, personal drive and dedication to achieve team and general interest objectives
Phillips 66 has significant marketing operations in Europe. In the UK the business is primarily wholesale, selling fuels to distributors (some of whom are branded JET) and resellers. The fuels are either collected by customers or delivered through a contracted road tanker fleet operating out of a number of UK distribution points. In addition, Phillips 66 Limited supplies a network of approximately 330 independently owned petrol forecourts, all of which are branded JET.
Other markets served are aviation, marine and LPG. JET supplies some of the UK's growing secondary airports using owned and shared refuelling tankers and storage, and delivers to airlines through contracted refuelling operations. Marine markets are served using contracted vehicles, as is the LPG business.
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, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve 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 Monday 5th May 2025.
Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer