Marketing Manager

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:Primary Duties:Conduct research and analysis on the Chinese and international Oil & Gas/Energy markets.Strengthen the team’s network with the market intelligence community.Prepare special reports, ad-hoc papers, along with the established periodical reports.Ability to translate findings into meaningful presentations for top management.Secondary Duties:Identify crude and LPG sales opportunities and maintain existing sales for SAO in China.Frequently meet customers and each year visit several end-user refineries for intelligence gathering. If requested, lead department’s delegation during such meetings. Support the OSP and LPG CP pricing reports with unique insights and shape their narrative. Give similar support to other periodic and ad-hoc reports issued by the department.Represent ABS and/or as a speaker/presenter at industry events.Provide mentorship to younger colleagues and guide their work to ensure that their input serves the marketing efforts. Delegate work to junior colleagues effectively to maximize value of own worktime use. Help to formulate departmental KPI, design their implementation strategy, and supervise execution of this strategy. Participate in conferences, seminars and other industry events.Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Master’s Degree in petroleum economics, economics or other business-relevant field, or MBA.Minimum of 15 years of experience in the oil market, energy trading, downstream operations or other relevant industries.At least 10 years of real business experience with marketing oil or other energy products. Excellent business contacts within domestic/regional industry.At least 5 years of experience with training and guiding junior staff. Excellent skills in both spoken and written English.Excellent skills in using Excel.Ability to present one’s ideas clearly to colleagues, company management and external audiences.