Senior Manager, Craker Optimization & Logistics

Title:            Senior Manager, Cracker Optimization & Logistics
Report to:    Head of Supply Chain
Location:     Zhanjiang, Guangdong

Responsibilities:

• Cracker Optimization and SC Coordination
• Describe and establish the business processes for cracker operations optimization.
• Coordinate with BIT, Cracker Production, Marketing and Logistics to establish optimization and simulation models and support decision making to optimize business results.
• Implement the planning system required to run the supply chain of cracker products.
• Support integration of information of cracker operations to other units for overall planning of infrastructure and utilities at the site
• Support implementation of SAP processes for cracker supply chain specially focusing on master data, transaction automation and integration with planning systems and other optimization tools
• Develop concept for cracker optimization and supply chain coordination team and lay a road map for resourcing before startup.
• Implement logistics infrastructure and logistics capacities.
• Planned turnarounds, maintenance planning coordination with keeping commercial aspects in mind.
• Supply Chain Risk Mitigation during unplanned shutdowns like renting floating storage or extra tanks.
• Collaborating with site management on utility turnaround planning with best commercial scenario in consideration

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and Master of Business Administration or industrial chemistry will be preferred.

Working Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in petrochemicals or chemicals production
• Deep understanding of cracker operations and variabilities of cracker economics
• Logistics operations and Marketing experience, especially in chemical industry will be a strong advantage but not a must.

Technical & Professional Knowledge:

• Candidate has experience of working in the cracker production and Supply Chain
• Strong understanding of cracker process ( PD&ID , Furnace , Steam settings etc)
• Has a basic level understanding of simulations and data analytics
• Inclination to utilize digital tools with experience from production.

Soft skills:

• Fluent English and Mandarin skills mandatory
• A strong curiosity to know how things work and how to make them better.
• Creative problem-solving: Approaching data and problems with a clear eye on what is important; employing the right approach/methods to make the maximum use of time and human resources.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills (with respect to technical experts, upper management, and cross functional teams)