Strategic Planning Advisor

Location: Houston, Texas, United States Motiva Enterprises LLC, a joint venture between Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining Inc., refines, distributes, and markets oil products in the eastern and southern United States. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines and markets gasoline more than 7,000 Shell-branded gasoline stations.

Company assets include three refineries with a combined capacity of 725,000 barrels per day and ownership interest in 46 refined product storage terminals with an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 19 million barrels.

Motiva Enterprises LLC is currently seeking a Strategic Planning Advisor for its Houston, Texas location.

Responsibilities:
In this position, you will be responsible for formulating overall long-term strategy for the company and ensuring that a coordinated strategy is implement within its business segments.
 
Key Accountabilities Include:
- Developing a long-term strategy to maximize the value of Motiva?s assets
- Identifying added value opportunity projects to exploit profitable growth and margin enhancement options
- Understanding competitive drivers and potential impact of future trend changes such as Technology shift, Industry restructuring, or regulatory/political changes
- Sponsoring and reviewing hydrocarbon masterplans for each manufacturing site and ensure integration with Supply
- Determining impact on manufacturing of new fuel requirements, including product quality changes, alternative fuels and differentiated fuels and develop plans to respond to these changes
- Analyzing refinery LP runs as basis for feasibility studies and economic evaluation of specific projects
- Participating in the analysis and prioritization individual projects to develop an optimal long-term capital investment program for each business segment
- Participating in the due diligent review process for all capital projects over $5 million prior to final approval
- Participating in the assessment of portfolio changes for manufacturing, distribution and Retail assets including PVCO/cash flow calculation and business case development
- Reviewing scouting work from studies to ensure that a rigorous process in place to analyze potential and determine if further project development is warranted
- Reviewing prioritization between growth, maintaining margin and asset integrity projects based on strategic considerations and risk assessment and consistent screening criteria
- Working closely with each of Motiva's Business Segments to ensure that an overall intergraded consistent strategy is developed for the company
- Having a strong interface with Refinery Managers, Supply and Retail Leaders, on-going business improvement efforts, and Asset Development Managers

Requirements:
To be considered for this position, you must possess a Bachelor?s Degree or higher and have significant prior experience in refining, business and investment planning, project evaluation/financial analysis and a thorough understanding of downstream economics.

Additional Requirements:
- Strategic planning experience is highly desirable
- Analytical Skills
- Understanding of economics in Supply and Manufacturing
- Understanding of planning tools
- Ability to build shared vision
- Team player

In addition to the tasks outlined in this job description, you may be assigned other responsibilities as needed. The Shell Group of companies offers an outstanding benefits package. In order to be considered for this position, you must complete an online candidate profile. No phone inquiries will be accepted.
Shell Companies in the U.S. are equal opportunity employers.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 06, 2006