Global Head Trading Gasoline Blend Components & Naphtha

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Location:

Houston, TX, US, 77056

Facility:
Williams Tower
-130

Department: IS&T and Asset Optimization

Division:
Olefins and Polyolefins, and Trading

Lyondell Basellis a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary

Mo Re Tecrecycling  technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce.

We'readdressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.

Our mission is to build an Integrated Supply, Trading & Optimization (IST&O) organization that strengthens LYB enterprise performance by aligning market risk management, asset flexibility, and commercial decisions within a governance and compliance framework in partnership with Middle and Back Office teams. This delivers against LYB strategic pillars to Grow & Upgrade the Core and Step Up Performance and Culture.

The Global Head Trading Gasoline Blend Components & Naphtha oversees the company’s trading book for this portfolio. This senior leader ensures disciplined risk management, market leadership, and value creation through innovative trading strategies. They will serve as the company’s senior representative to external counter parties and drives alignment between trading activities and corporate objectives.

• Serve as a key senior architect and partner in the design of LYB’s future state of Integrated Supply, Trading and Asset Optimization model.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of traders, ensuring consistent execution of trading strategies across commodities and regions. Lead cross-functional teams such as commercial operations and analytics.
• Oversee a broad portfolio of the company’s liquids production, balancing risk and return while optimizing portfolio performance. Products will include naphtha, alkylate, raffinate, MTBE, ETBE, pygas, aromatic gasoline components, benzene, and natural gasoline.
• Ensure all transactions between traders and company assets flow seamlessly through Supply Coordinators.
• Guide traders in negotiating complex commercial agreements with refiners, petrochemical companies, trade houses, marketers, banks, and end users to leverage the company’s natural positions and improve commercial integration across the portfolio.
• Oversee the creation and deployment of proprietary trading models and custom forward pricing curves.
• Drive value-added strategies such as arbitrage, blending, storage plays, and niche customer access.
• Build out a comprehensive system of blend netbacks for each product in the portfolio and related products in the market to enable accurate valuation of gasoline blending components globally.
• Manage price risk exposure across the global trading portfolio.
• Monitor and optimize market liquidity, contract optionality, and price elasticity.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for commodities and markets, offering strategic insights to senior leadership.
• Manage emerging market opportunities and competitive threats in partnership with business development, ensuring proactive responses.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in commodity trading, portfolio…