Logistics Scheduler - Calgary, Canada - Parkland Corporation

Parkland Corporation

Verified Company

Calgary, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At Parkland, our purpose is to Power Journeys & Energize Communities. We are a prominent independent supplier and marketer of fuel and petroleum products and a leading convenience store operator.

As One Parkland team, we proudly serve diverse retail, commercial and wholesale customers across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean region, and South America.

We power a growing family of locally known brands including Elbow River Marketing and Parkland Refining.

We recognize that diversity gives us an edge and inclusion propels us forward. We're also a passionate team of down-to-earth achievers, committed to getting our customers, colleagues and communities further, faster.

As such, we welcome talented individuals that have a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and industry experience who will contribute to the success of our One Parkland team.

Position Title:
Logistics Scheduler

Team and Location:
STaR - Calgary, AB

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director, Logistics, the Logistics Scheduler will work closely with management to support projects required within the workstream to drive efficiencies; or, within the greater organization, to support organizational efficiencies.

The Logistics Scheduler, as required, will also support the day-to-day business, covering a rail, marine, truck, or pipeline 'book', to support surges in business or operational upheavals or vacation/ leave coverage; this operational coverage could be within any commodity line.

Key Responsibilities:

Project and Improvement Work:

Support and drive internal process improvement requirements for the support of customer centric service levels
Logistical and fleet tool development and improvements
Project work to positively impact efficiencies of scheduling within ETRM (Allegro
Energy Trading Risk Management System)
Support streamlining of process documentation

As Required Operational Work:

Works closely with traders to keep contracts whole month to month and communicate to the traders their long/short product positions
Ensures margin optimization by understanding trade deals and order swapping
Works on freight optimization to realize the highest margins
Monitors hedging and position reporting
Builds strong relationships through networking with industry customers and railroads to understand key business drivers and anticipate industry trends
Works strictly with the traders to optimize trade margins, making sure the economics on origin destination pairs are maximized and supply is strategically placed for maximum revenue recognition
Manages assets as required: fleet of rail cars, trucks, storage tanks or inventory/ transload networks
Resolves day to day logistics issues while being proactive and highly responsive
Negotiates with external service providers on cost reduction strategies
Customer focused, value added relationship building with external stakeholders
Works diligently with credit and risk to make sure
Parkland's financial positions are within appropriate limits to reduce unnecessary risk
Follows up on Mexican counterparties and produces reporting to internal stakeholder
Ensures all Mexican counterparties receive a handson approach relating to Tax, Accounting, Credit and customs requirements for all cross border shipments
Regularly monitors deal progress, making certain that trade performance is achieved
Completes month end responsibilities including inventory balancing and deal reconciliation and ensures that month end duties are submitted to the Logistics Manager within the reporting deadlines
Ensures 12+ inventory positions are correctly reported, with all associating IT transfers, rail loads/offloads and truck tickets are balanced
Responsible for maintaining take or pay and refinery production numbers while providing strategic direction
Ensure that monthly nominations are submitted timely and actively manage loading/offloading spots month to month
Assist in reaching cost savings goals of department
Assist in maintaining industry contacts and engaging in continual subleasing efforts
Sends daily BOLs, weekly reports, and contract status updates to customers
Negotiates Truck Freight and Fuel Surcharges as needed
Ensures that Bill of Ladings for Truck and Rail has the required information and is tracked appropriately and recorded for in Allegro

Qualifications and Skills:

Postsecondary degree in Business, Economics, Logistics or a related field
25 years of experience in a logistics role, preferably rail
Strong understanding of informational database systems
High level analytical and problemsolving skills including the ability to think outside of the box and deal with ambiguity
Excellent computer and data analysis skills including experience with excel and ETRM software
Strong written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to work well in crossfunctional teams
Ability to adjust to changing and conflicting