kayla childers

* Calculated and forecasted company-wide price for crude oil purchases based on NYMEX futures. * Created standard to complex contracts, requiring active maintenance in SAP, detailing the purchase and sale of crude oil and products under minimal supervision. * Generated special pricing formulas and assigned them to relevant purchase agreements. * Initiated, implemented and maintained product terminal access agreements.

* Performed administrative duties including data entry, lease analysis and monthly report generation. * Served as primary customer relations contact for customers as well as field and office personnel * Monitored dispatch system to ensure timely delivery of all products.

* Directly supervised team of five employees and managed all administrative functions for transportation department’s 70+ employees. * Managed transactions and was responsible for identifying, resolving and reporting discrepancies. * Developed and managed payroll system that monitored and reconciled tiered and varied incentive-based pay schedules. * Monitored all hired carrier activities; generates, reconciles and approves invoices. * Oversaw SAP operations including analysis, testing and employee training. * Developed and oversaws tracking system for refinery supply and merchant acquisitions

* Schedules monthly/daily crude movements into our 135,000 barrels per day (bpd) El Dorado Refinery and our 125,000 bpd refinery. * Manages crude inventories at refineries and additional Mid-Continent crude storage facilities. * Provides and coordinates solutions during emergency situations including but not limited to: pipeline outages, refinery/blend upsets and inventory crises. * Tracks exchange and location balances, receipts, and deliveries with all trade partners; works to resolve issues with common carrier pipelines on a monthly/daily basis. * Understand, minimize, pay and monitor tariffs. * Assists accounting with end of month closing on all deals by ensuring the accuracy of invoices, crude movements, and SAP nominations for assigned area

* Schedules monthly/daily crude movements into assigned refinery, and for all associated trading points, including bulk and lease purchasing. * Provides and coordinates solutions during emergency situations. * Monthly/daily monitoring of crude movements including inventory optimization for each location. * Monitors tariff and cost activities on assigned carriers in order to maximize profits. * Tracks exchange and location balances, and receipts and deliveries, with all trade partners; works to resolve issues with common carrier pipelines on a monthly/daily basis. * Assists accounting with EOM close on all deals by ensuring the accuracy of invoices, crude movements and SAP nominations for Southwest Region.