What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Coordinator position at Love's Travel Stops?
BASIC PURPOSE: The primary function of the Supply Coordinator is to procure the most cost efficient and reliable supply for Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores.
Major Responsibilities
About
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is the industry-leading travel stop network in the United States. For more than 55 years, we’ve provided customers with highway hospitality and “Clean Places, Friendly Faces.” We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies. We offer meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers and everything needed to get back on the road quickly. The Love’s Family of Companies includes:
Major Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a strong relationship with a network of fuel suppliers in a designated territory
- Develop and implement fuel procurement strategies (supply optimization) to secure the lowest cost fuel in the market by monitoring Nymex, regional spot basis and solving over/short supplied markets
- Proactively identify potential supply shortages and purchase spot deals to maintain adequate store inventory
- Collaborate with Logistics in locating best supply point/cost during supply disruptions, arbitrage opportunities and large price move days for push/pull optimization.
- Maintain Best Buy systems with terminal outages, changes in strategy, deal entry, allocation adjustments, and supplier outs, etc.
- Monitor contract price performance and ratability, communicate issues or concerns to team across supply and logistics Review miss-pulls/exceptions and report performance issues to logistics team
- Negotiate delivered in deals as needed
- Relay local market intel to trading and marketing department
- Keep management informed of any issues and opportunities
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Economics (preferred)
- Experience:
- 1-2 years (preferred)
- Business Process Skills:
- Ability to negotiate favorable deals and terms
- Petroleum industry and supply chain knowledge (preferred)
- Knowledge of fuel pricing and contract mechanics such as PLATTS, OPIS and ARGUS
- Understand market timing and fundamentals that move rack prices
- On call weekends and after normal business hours
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
- General Skills:
- Strong communication skills, team player, exceptional customer service, attention to detail, self-motivated, good time management skills and innovative thinking
- Typical Physical Demands:
- Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping
- Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds
- Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator
- Requires normal range of hearing and vision
- Travel may be required
About
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is the industry-leading travel stop network in the United States. For more than 55 years, we’ve provided customers with highway hospitality and “Clean Places, Friendly Faces.” We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies. We offer meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers and everything needed to get back on the road quickly. The Love’s Family of Companies includes:
- Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets
- Speedco, the light mechanical and trucking service specialists
- Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader
- Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert
