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Wholesale Specialist

Cenovus Energy
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 4/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/22/2026
Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 04/04/2026

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is seeking a Jet Wholesale Specialist for our Dublin, Ohio office. This role is responsible for managing a portfolio of strategic accounts to maximize profitability and volume while driving new business through inside and outside sales across established and emerging markets. The position requires both independent work and collaboration across multiple divisions, while supporting the Senior Wholesale Manager with research, business activities, and special projects. The Jet Wholesale Specialist will also assist with new business development, account management, and serve as a key liaison between customers and Husky Marketing and Supply, a Cenovus Energy entity.

Please note this role is onsite in our Dublin, Ohio office. Candidates must be able to work from this location.

What you’ll do:

  • Builds relationships with customers and cultivates accounts into long-term customer alliances and continues to identify and promote opportunities for additional sales within the territory.
  • Actively identify and prospect for potential clients to develop and grow territory sales through market research and lead generation.
  • Partners with Senior Wholesale Manager to understand/navigate customer base.
  • Customer support, including tendering and negotiations of complex energy supply contracts, creation of analyses and reports.
  • Assist with new market research gathering information on competitors, supply infrastructure, suppliers, and pricing dynamics.

Who you are:

  • Legally authorized to work in the US.
  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA considered an asset.
  • 12 years of experience within wholesale petroleum products required.
  • Understanding of regional Padd's and how they affect markets.
  • Ability to develop bid strategy for maximum profitability while maintaining competitive edge.
  • Highly competitive, professional; exhibits integrity, sense of urgency and innate sales skills; possess ability to sell value in a commodities industry.
  • Proven analytical/problem-solving skills and excellent interpersonal, negotiating, writing, and presentation abilities to effectively communicate with internal and external contacts.

We acknowledge the value of transferable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT APRIL 3rd, 2026.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email careeropportunities@cenovus.com.

Who we are:

Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner.

We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We are currently the largest refiner in Ohio and transport products from our refineries in Lima and Toledo, Ohio and Superior, Wisconsin via pipelines, rail cars and trucks to customers throughout the United States.

Other operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia.

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The Cenovus Experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

  • Generous paid vacation
  • Annual bonus
  • Retirement savings plan matching
  • Long-term incentives
  • Medical & dental coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Disability benefits
  • Employee assistance program
  • Virtual healthcare coverage
  • Generous leave of absence programs
  • Fitness membership reimbursement

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

  • Internal course offerings
  • Education assistance for additional development
  • Opportunities to work on special projects
  • Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes—for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

  • Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
  • Our values:
    • Protect what matters
    • Do it right
    • Make it better
    • Do it together

  • Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
    • Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
    • Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
    • Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.
    • Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

    Equal opportunity employer

    We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

    To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

    For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.

    The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

    Interested in this opportunity? Click the Apply link.

    If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE, please apply by going to our Internal Career Site.

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