Commercial Gas Operator

**The Role**:
**What’s the role?**

The Downstream LNG Commercial Operations team is part of a wider Shell Energy Singapore (SES) team responsible for day-to-day management of SES commercial activities in Singapore.

The team manages gas demand from all SES’ long-term and short-term buyers, including analyzing and anticipating the offtake trend, working closely with Shell LNG Marketing and Trading’s Short-Term team to optimize the cargo delivery and maximize the flexibility in accessing terminal storage capacity. This requires thorough understanding of the commercial aspects of all the contracts (i.e. GSAs, TUA, TICA, SPA, etc.) and build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to negotiate such optimization arrangements, some of which go beyond the contractual rights.

Key roles and responsibilities are as follows:

- Ensure that the associated operations fully comply with Shell’s internal standards incl. compliance and HSSE, paying special attention to HSSE hazards and risks that may have impact on Shell’s license to operate.
- Ensure that Shell meets its contractual obligations to customers, terminal and regulator, as well as compliance with shipper license obligations while protecting and optimizing Shell’s values.
- Establish and sustain relationships with counterparts within the relevant energy community with a view to preserve Shell’s position in its targeted markets.
- Analyze buyers’ gas offtake and liaise closely with Short Term Optimization Trading team to optimize cargo delivery to ensure maximum commercial value for Shell on an enterprise level.
- Monitor periodic (Annual/Monthly/Weekly/Daily/Hourly)nominations/offtakes/schedules of gas buyers to support SES commercial team in the decision-making process to maximize flexibility in accessing terminal storage capacity.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of all contractual, license and regulatory obligations managed by the Commercial Gas Operations Team, including but not limited to GSAs, TUA, TICA, SPA etc.
- Design the relevant business processes and procedures; and keep them current.
- Troubleshoot issues and work towards solving operational issues amicably with relevant counterparties, including but not limited to LNG terminal, LNG supplier/site, Gas Buyers, Shell commercial team, regulatory bodies, Pipeline Operator, Vessel Owners etc.
- Assist in coordinating day to day activities across all relevant operational activities, including working closely with relevant support functions to resolve any operational issues encountered.
- Provide operational input to contractual arrangements for new projects, new contracts and spot cargoes proposed by commercial team.
- Operate Shell’s nomination portal and systems; work closely with after-hours service provider, buyers, and necessary IT support as duty manager on a rotational basis.
- Ensuring correct and timely billing/invoices for both receivables and payable.

Dimensions:

- Works closely with the relevant Commercial Team, Finance, LNG Optimization, and IT on day-to-day basis.
- Interacts and manages gas customers on both term and spot basis. Manage interactions with LNG terminal and LNG suppliers on operational and commercial activities.
- A key criterion is to be able to operate within a non-standard environment where the counterparty requires and expects considerable support and at the same time, be able to gently introduce standardization and efficiency.

**What we need from you**
- Experience in operating Gas Sales Agreements, LNG SPAs, Terminal Use Agreements, Gas Transportation Agreements, and the Singapore Gas Network Code will be a strong advantage.
- Experience in commercial operations (preferably LNG) will be a strong advantage.
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with other analytical tools and/or programming language is a plus.
- Exposure to managing and analyzing large volume of data and complex IT infrastructure.
- Excellent relationship management skill to manage external relationships accompanied by the ability to adapt to the bespoke nature of business.
- Self-starter with a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Ability to integrate and achieve objectives through collaborations with other stakeholders.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Analytical skills and attention to detail is a must.
- Strong desire to develop a career in a fast-paced and evolving commercial environment.

**Company Description**

Shell is one the largest foreign investors in Singapore and began operations in 1891. Today, we have more than 3,200 employees in Singapore alone. The Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site today is the largest Shell refinery in the world in terms of crude distillation capacity, which makes Singapore a key regional supply and trading centre for Shell in the East. Singapore is the largest petrochemical production and export centre in the Asia Pacific region. Shell Jurong Island (SJI) manufactures petrochemicals to meet the