Lng Originator

**Organization overview**:
Chevron Supply and Trading (S&T) provides a critical link between the market and Chevron’s upstream, downstream and chemicals companies. We provide commercial support to our crude oil and natural gas production operations and to our refining and marketing network. We are headquartered in Houston, Texas, and have offices worldwide - including trading hubs in Houston, London, Singapore and San Ramon, California. Our trading professionals manage commodity transactions averaging five million barrels of liquids and five billion cubic feet of natural gas each day. Our activities are organized by crude oil, natural gas and refined products.

**Position summary**:
The Gas Supply and Trading (GSAT) Originator will be responsible for managing new LNG term transactions and business development efforts in the assigned markets for GSAT. The position will maintain a strong internal network including GSAT, Corporate Business Development (CBD), Chevron New Energies (CNE), Supply & Trading (S&T), Value Chain Optimization (VCO), Shipping, Finance and Legal amongst others to create natural work teams to pursue commercial opportunities in the most effective way possible, depending on the scope and specifics of those opportunities. This role will report into the GSAT General Manager LNG Ventures and Business Development.

**Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to**:

- Originates, negotiates, and executes term supply and demand origination opportunities in the assigned markets that can range from traditional term marketing to joint ventures, strategic alliances, and/or value chain infrastructure investments.
- Expected to understand how to find, evaluate, structure, finance, and close new opportunities.
- Identifies appropriate economic evaluation, proposal development, and leads negotiations leading to capture.
- Develops and manages enduring relationships with key customers and partners to support GSAT, CBD and CNE activities.
- This activity is often with limited in-country organizational support in new markets and requires a high degree of self-reliance/self-starting and independent action.
- Leads in developing and executing LNG marketing strategies for term sales.
- Works in close collaboration with LNG, Trading, Operations, VCO, PSAT, CSAT, VCSC, CBD, CNE and Shipping teams in London, Houston, Singapore and Perth.
- Ensures activities are integrated into the overall Chevron LNG Strategy. Manages and provides gas commercial expertise across efforts in the assigned markets, as required.
- Interact with the trading teams and management for input to test opportunities against CVX strategic intents.
- Establish a network of contacts to enhance market intelligence.

**Required qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 10+ years of LNG supply and trading experience, preferably in LNG origination and/or business development
- Material transactional experience including experience in long-term origination and new business development, especially in LNG. This includes new market development, negotiation and execution of long-term agreements and value chain project structuring/development. Specific expertise in the target origination markets is preferred
- LNG commercial acumen and understanding of the full LNG value chain from production to customer
- Negotiations. Demonstrated proficiency in identifying opportunities and negotiating outcomes with an enterprise perspective
- Entrepreneurial aptitude. Demonstrated history of deal capture and complex negotiations.
- Thorough understanding of commodity markets.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a broad range of peers and stakeholders in pursuit of the best enterprise outcome and to communicate effectively externally and at all levels in the Chevron organization. Ability to represent Chevron externally at the highest levels with Government, customers & partners
- Able to work independently with limited supervision in new market or partner environments. Strong self-starter
- Regular travel is to be expected
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong Chevron Way behaviors

**Relocation Options**:
Relocation will not be considered within Chevron parameters.

**International Considerations**:
Chevron participates in E-Verify in certain locations as required by law.