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Commercial Scheduler III, International Vessels Heavies

Phillips 66

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Compensation
$125–153K/yr
Location
Houston, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Commercial Scheduler III works with a team in Houston to optimize commodities in Phillips 66’s portfolio through scheduling, optimization, and inventory management of Heavies for waterborne movements. The role covers nominations, vessel and terminal operations, inventory positions, regulatory reporting, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders. It requires at least three years of relevant industry experience, analytical-tool proficiency, and availability for extended and non-standard hours.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Analytical ToolsExcelPowerBISchedulingDownstream OperationsSupply ChainProblem SolvingOrganizationPlanningInfluencingNegotiationAdaptabilityPrioritization

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED3+ Years Industry ExperienceU.S. Work Authorization1+ Years Scheduling ExperienceBachelor's Degree or Higher

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

The Commercial Scheduler III, International Vessels Heavies will work in an open, fast-paced team of Commercial Schedulers in Houston to optimize commodities in Phillips 66’s portfolio. The individual will be responsible for scheduling, optimization, and inventory management of Heavies for waterborne movements.

What You’ll Do

  • Advancing Phillips 66 as an industry leader in integrity, scheduling excellence, and professionalism while continuously driving to increase general interest value.

  • Providing scheduling coverage on a 24/7 basis except when relief coverage is available.

  • Performing nominations and daily scheduling activities for Heavies to fulfill Commercial Trading, Marketing, and VCO demand requirements and execute on Phillips 66 commitments while avoiding refinery or terminal containment events.

  • Facilitating blending operations as needed on board vessels or at key domestic and international terminals.

  • Entering data into SAP, Trade66, Navarik, Mainstay, other 3rd-party systems, etc. accurately and promptly to meet operational and financial requirements.

  • Coordinating inspectors and ensuring specification and quantity measurement requirements are met and ensure costs are appropriately shared with counterparties as applicable.

  • Supporting product specification changes through distribution systems to meet regulatory requirements.

  • Performing loss control oversight.

  • Understanding logistical constraints and working effectively across business teams to optimize inventories, identify market opportunities, and balance profit with operational risk.

  • Actively participating in weekly refinery, Supply Reliability Team (SRT), or similar meetings as needed.

  • Closely monitoring asset operations and communicating current and/or future operational issues promptly to key stakeholders.

  • Continuously maintaining and reporting accurate inventory positions and working with Marketing, Commercial Trading, and VCO to manage inventory to expectations.

  • Understanding and abiding by domestic and international regulations and laws associated with the desk and conducting any required regulatory reporting as needed such as import/export documentation, pro forma reporting, BOL and COO generation, etc.

  • Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with external and internal counterparts.

  • Supporting resolution of book-to-book and book-to-physical activities for SAP inventories for Commercial Heavies Scheduling.

What You’ll Bring - Required

  • Legally authorized to work in the United States

  • High School Diploma or GED

  • 3 or more years of industry experience in logistics management, value-chain optimization, or commercial activity support

  • Willing and able to work extended and non-standard hours

  • Intermediate or greater proficiency with analytical tools such as Excel and PowerBI

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

  • 1 or more years of scheduling experience supporting clean products or downstream operations

  • Understanding of downstream operations, supply chain, and value drivers

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a relevant field

  • High degree of ethics and personal drive

  • Good problem-solving, organizational, planning, influencing and negotiation skills

  • Dedication to achieve team goals, increase general interest value to the company and support internal and external customers

  • Ability to adapt to changing work environments and make continuous improvements

  • Ability to set, manage, and meet multiple and competing priorities

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $125,100 – $152,900. This role is eligible to participate in the company’s commercial bonus program, offering the opportunity to earn additional compensation based on business and individual performance, in accordance with program guidelines.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Commercial organization works to effectively leverage assets and market knowledge to create additional value within the risk parameters of the Company. We do this by maximizing general interest profitability, enhancing return on capital employed by successfully partnering with the Refining, Transportation and Marketing functions to ensure Value Chain Integration. Our truck and rail fleets support our feedstock and distribution operations. Rail movements are provided via a fleet of more than 10,000 owned and leased rail cars. Truck movements are provided through numerous third-party trucking companies, as well as through our 100 percent-owned subsidiary, Sentinel Transportation LLC.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

  • Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus

  • 8% 401k company match

  • Cash Balance Account pension

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP

  • Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards (http://hr.phillips66.com) .

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered:

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of November 8, 2026 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

How this job compares

Set against the 2,840 open Logistics jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$125–153K/yr
  • Texas median$76–127K/yr51 salary ranges
  • US median$80–123K/yr926 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $139K, is 37% above the Texas median midpoint ($102K) — in the middle half of Logistics salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 280 open Logistics jobs in Texas and 2,840 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Logistics postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,659 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,230 of the 2,840 open Logistics jobs (43%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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