Gasoline Trader (blending strategy)
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
- Houston, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and execute gasoline blending strategies based on component valuations, spec requirements, and market conditions.
- Trade Gulf Coast gasoline grades and blend components, identifying dislocations and arbitrage opportunities.
- Analyze and act on price differentials across blendstocks, including alkylate, reformate, naphtha, butanes, ethanol, and RBOB/CBOB.
- Manage exposure to the USGC export market, optimizing flows into Latin America and other global destinations.
- Partner closely with analytics, chartering, scheduling, and commercial operations teams to evaluate blending economics and drive trade decisions.
- Monitor supply/demand dynamics, spec trends, regulatory developments (EPA, RINs), and regional crack spreads.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with refiners, traders, and blenders, driving collaboration across the value chain.
- Use market data and trading tools to inform forward curves, pricing decisions, and blend optimization models.
- High school Diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field
- 5+ years of gasoline trading or blending experience, with strong knowledge of Gulf Coast market structure and specs.
- Experience trading or optimizing CBOB, RBOB, and blend components (alky, reformate, naphtha, etc.).
- Strong understanding of product specs, blend economics, and market indices (e.g., Platts, Argus).
- Exposure to USGC exports and international arbitrage flows.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to evaluate multiple variables (price, spec, timing, logistics) and make fast, informed trading decisions.
- Proficiency in Excel and analytics tools; familiarity with ETRM systems and blending models a plus.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products suite, and ability to learn new software applications and computer programs.
- Build & sustain relationships using appropriate interpersonal skills and communication methods to build constructive relationships with customers, business units, service organizations and other stakeholders to meet shared goals and objectives.
- Contribute to the team’s success by demonstrating cooperation and collaboration while participating in a group or team environment.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong drive for performance and innovation.
- Results driven focus with the goal and ability to harness others’ energy to drive toward goal alignment which meets or exceeds expectations.
- Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping
- Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds
- Manual dexterity is sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator
- Requires normal range of hearing and vision
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