Retail Operations

Job description / Role

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview

A Retail Operations function is currently being developed within the growing Aramco corporate retail organization, where a great emphasis is given to the deployment of the brand in Kingdom and out of Kingdom both through organic and inorganic growth. The role requires a professional with considerable experience matured within major international oil companies to bring to the team best-of-class methodologies as well as help shaping the retail operations through the transfer of best practices across markets and affiliates. Within this context the retail operations specialist's role is to provide support and guidance in all fields of network operations.

Duties & Responsibilities
- Analyze demand, demographics, infrastructure and overall market evolution for the geographical areas where the retail activities are present or where there is intention to expand.
- Develop site segmentation tools and evaluate competitive scenario.
- Review operational details, investment valuations, plans, costs, and actions.
- Oversee the development of the retail operating models, the merchandising strategy, supply chain and partnerships for the c-store operation.
- Coordinate across markets the offer for the car washes and oil change services.
- Oversee the introduction of specialty fuel products and coordinate pricing strategies across markets and affiliates.
- Ensure the transfer of best practices in retail operations across the markets and affiliates.
- Set up an investment review process and implement a regular performance analysis for new investments to verify the achievements against the original business plan parameters. Make recommendations both in terms of investment planning and definition of assumptions.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor in Business administration, Marketing, Economics or Engineering discipline
- At least ten years of experience in fuel retail operations matured at different organizational levels within major international oil companies.
- Experience in corporate level / international oversight roles is essential.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

About the Company

Saudi Aramco is an integrated global energy enterprise. The company markets and exports crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas liquids and sulfur. It also ships crude oil worldwide through an affiliated company and participates in petroleum refining and marketing activities at home and abroad. Its overseas affiliates are in the United States, Egypt, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Saudi Aramco's subsidiaries span the globe, with offices in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Leiden, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.