Business Process Analyst / 31978954

Position Description:Chevron Corporation is one of the world’s leading energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and conducting business in approximately 180 countries, the company is engaged in every aspect of the oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transportation; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron Global Downstream is accepting online applications for the position of Supply Optimization Group Business Process Analyst located in Houston, TX through May 9, 2008.Overview:The Business Process Analyst is a critical team member of Chevron’s Supply Optimization Group (SOG) and works to drive improvements in Downstream's Supply Chain processes. The Business Process Analyst (BPA) team works closely with SOG Regional teams located in Houston, San Ramon, London, Singapore and Cape Town; as well as with IT, Commercial, and Trading groups in Supply and Trading and with Refining and Marketing groups. Additionally, the BPA will work closely with Project Lynx to validate and deploy new supply chain processes. Each BPA has responsibility for key global metrics and partners with a specific region to provide analytical support for supply chain management and performance tracking. This BPA position is located in Houston and is assigned to the U.S. East region.Qualifications:Key Job Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:? Develop and implement regional projects which support world class supply chain management across all Global Downstream operations. Focus process improvements on efficiency, reliability and profitability (tactical and strategic). Ensure coordination among refining, supply, trading and marketing organizations. Support regional needs of supply chain projects for mapping, design input, critical needs assessment and training/rollout of new solutions and processes.? Oversee coordination with Refining, Supply, Trading and Marketing in development and implementation of global best practice processes. Participates in Global Communities of Practice. Focus areas include preparing a standardized package of metrics to support the Distributive Area operating plans (S&OP 3-5 month forecast), crude selection, demand forecasting, inventory management, incident investigations and assessment of costs, terminal supply availability, primary distribution costs, and natural work team facilitation. Support supply chain projects on global basis contributing to project teams in areas of specialization or unique knowledge. The position will also provide explanations for trends and anomalies in data, and use data to drive recommendations to continuous improvement. ? Maintain systems and monthly data flow for tracking metrics such as inventory level, cost of incidents, and enterprise value capture. Promote high level of awareness in the milestones required to meet various scorecard objectives. Report monthly on progress to various databases.Required (Basic) Qualifications:Bachelor’s required in Engineering, Business, or Finance.? Has experience with the operation and analysis of downstream supply chain processes including refining, marketing, logistics, or trading.? Communicates in a clear, concise manner both orally and in writing. Builds and maintains good relationships with customers. Fosters cooperation and collaboration among individuals in a work unit. Helps the team resolve conflicts constructively. Reinforces behaviors that improve teamwork. Champion of change management; effective at coaching and with presentations.? Has strong analytical skills. Identifies root causes of problems. Has the ability to develop sound analyses and demonstrates an understanding of financial and other indicators of business health. Considers both the long- and short-term impact of proposed solutions. Develops workable solutions.? Is a self-starter; able to identify opportunities to add value, structure work plans, and carry out plans to resolution. Demonstrates an ability to set and improve supply chain metrics and gather and document business requirements and processes.? Sets high standards of performance for self. Develops action plans to achieve goals and reprioritizes work to meet changing demands. Modifies systems and processes to improve performance. Holds self to highest standards of integrity.? Fosters cooperation and collaboration in a team environment by supporting natural work teams during supply chain monitoring, participating in lookbacks and global communities of practice. Reinforces behaviors that improve teamwork. Conducts efficient, effective meetings that produce results.Preferred Qualifications:10 years' experience preferred in at least 2 of the following petroleum industry supply chain activities: refining, terminalling, trading, logistics/scheduling, or marketing.Relocation Options:Relocation may be considered within Chevron parameters.EOE M/F/D/V Learn more about Chevron Location:US-TX-Houston Status:Full Time, Employee Job Category:Business/Strategic Management