Director, Global Oil (Downstream)

Job Summary:

 

The Director, Global Oil Research position will be located in Cambridge MA headquarters. The Director will be part of the global oil team that advises CERA retainer and consulting clients (senior executives in the energy and financial communities as well as government officials), on the implications of short and long-term strategic issues in the areas of downstream products, specifically and global oil, in general.  The individual hired will have deep technical understanding of refinery operations and will work across CERA with upstream oil analysts, as well as analysts in other fuel groups for North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and the Caspian, and Asia to produce periodic and customized reports on global oil issues.

 

Experience in the North American or Asian oil industry should include several years of direct refinery operations and planning experience, ideally in a medium- to high-conversion refinery environment.

It is desirable for the candidate also to have experience in one or more of gasoline marketing, oil product logistics or oil market analysis, involving assessments of refined product demand and pricing. Broad familiarity with other elements of the refined product value chain and/or knowledge of refined product markets in the U.S., Asia and other world regions would be additional assets.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Manages relationships with retainer and consulting clients through the cycle of prospecting for new business development, performing and delivering research, and managing consulting engagements

-Helps CERA clients understand the forces that influence supply, demand, and price of refined products

-Manages custom consulting projects for clients

-Ensures CERA?s reputation for thought leadership in the oil business by applying creative and rigorous thinking in the identification and analysis of downstream oil issues and their relationship to the global oil market

-Leads, manages, and contributes to the research, writing, and delivery of retainer research on the downstream oil industry

-Creates and delivers presentations for internal and external audiences (clients and prospects)

-Presents at Roundtables and other CERA events

- Maintains open collaborative relationships with CERA upstream analysts and other fuel analysts

Qualifications:

-BS in Chemical Engineering required; MS in related field strongly preferred

-Ten years experience in the downstream oil industry, or consulting to the oil industry, with deep technical knowledge of refinery operations

-Candidates must have first class presentation and writing skills, and strong analytical capabilities. The ability to engage one-on-one and collectively with senior management in the global downstream oil business will be a key success factor.

-Demonstrates a firm understanding of key factors driving refined product demand trends and a deep understanding of refinery operations, crude supply and product supply and storage, and refined product marketing

-Broad familiarity with other elements of the refined product value chain and/or knowledge of refined product markets in the U.S. and other world regions would be additional assets

- Knowledge of North American and or Asian Oil markets

-Demonstrated project management experience

-Must have outstanding communications and inter-personal skills, with experience presenting technical material to high-level (manager, Board member) audience.

-Excellent PC skills with advanced proficiency in MS Office and data base applications

 -Experienced in client and business development

-Must be a self-starter who works with a high degree of independence

-Must be able to work collaboratively with the Global Oil Team

 

Please apply online at www.cera.com or forward your resume and cover letter specifying how you qualify for this opportunity to mcogan@cera.com with the position title in the subject heading of your email.