Manufacturing Performance Expert

• Location:  Saudi Arabia – relocation required
• Candidates from The America’s are welcome to apply.
• CVs in English
• Downstream Oil and Gas Experience.

Your primary role is to enhance downstream assets’ overall performance. You will also be responsible for coordinating with various departments within each asset, collecting, and analyzing manufacturing & financial performance data, and providing strategic recommendations to enhance long-term performance and supporting them in reaching their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Function as a crucial point of contact for asset teams, facilitating communication and information sharing between GME and assigned assets.
• Design standardized methodologies to collect, maintain, analyze, and present operational and financial performance data assets.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with assigned asset teams across the company’s Downstream portfolio assets.
• Monitor and manage or coordinate information requests, assessments, and site visits.
• Collect, track, and provide asset data and performance metrics and collaborate with relevant teams to proactively identify areas for improvement and develop recommendations for enhancement.
• Identify and manage potential risks associated with assigned assets performance.
• Prepare presentations and reports to communicate GME programs/initiatives/strategies to assigned asset teams and senior leadership
• Analyze and evaluate the financial and operational performance of company’s downstream assets (e.g., CASH OPEX, turnarounds performance, maintenance costs, …etc.).
• Benchmark assets’ performance against industry leaders
• Create and maintain models for the reporting of manufacturing and financial results and conduct regular full potential assessments and gap studies of company’s downstream assets.
• Participate in the development of assets performance dashboards and reporting tools.
• Stay up to date with global and regional Downstream industry trends, market conditions, and regulatory changes that may impact assets performance.

Education & Experience Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and knowledge in finance or Business Administration or a related field.
• 10 years of asset management, or a related role within the downstream oil & gas industry
• You have experience in Downstream Oil & Gas business benchmarking and performance management frameworks, such as Solomon or RAM
• You have experience in leading cross-functional initiatives and managing high-level stakeholder relationships.
• You can demonstrate strong understanding of downstream oil & gas operations, including refining and petrochemicals
• You can demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills
• You have experience working with data analysis tools and performance metrics, as well as presentation and reporting tools (e.g., MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint)
• Advanced English