About this role
Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future
The Commercial Logistics Business Improvement Sr. Advisor I drives strategic change and continuous improvement in marine transportation. The role understands the end-to-end logistics process, from nomination, scheduling, and shipment execution through actualization, freight settlement, accruals, and invoice payment. A core responsibility is TMS-SAP integration: serving as the authority on how shipment, rate, and cost data flow between the systems to keep physical operations aligned with downstream cost processing and financial reporting. In partnership with Commercial Business Services, the Commercial front and back office, Commercial support groups, and Accounting, this role develops and implements process and system solutions that enable new business, improve existing business and support functions. The position leads through influence and expertise, providing direction to Advisor-level colleagues, improving team processes across all modes of transportation, and strengthening Business Improvement team capability. Using sound judgment and discretion, this role drives system solutions and configurations with IT that support operations, sets the technical standard, and is relied upon to deliver significant enterprise value.
What You’ll Do
- Provide leadership across business improvement and logistics system project planning, testing, execution, and hyper-care activities.
- Mentor and coach colleagues, developing team capability and transferring end-to-end knowledge.
- Drive team processes that streamline work and improve efficiency, establishing consistent standards and ways of working across the group.
- Serve as a technical cross-functional Subject Matter Expert for assigned Commercial logistics systems and processes.
- Actively share end-to-end knowledge across diverse functional groups to promote transparency, collaboration, and process efficiency.
- Own process development, optimization, and sustainability across assigned Commercial functions, with accountability for benefit realization.
- Lead process improvement and business analysis practices that embed continuous improvement.
- Partner with stakeholders to implement new processes, policies, KPIs, and benefit ownership.
- Drive change management and adoption of new processes and technologies across businesses, functions, and facilities.
- Advise on emerging technology solutions that improve business performance.
- Apply deep knowledge of logistics systems, service offerings, enterprise value, and front-, mid-, and back-office processes.
- Partner with the Commercial Front Office and stakeholders to translate operational needs into system requirements and solutions.
- Identify and deliver digital and process efficiencies through data-driven solutions.
- Design system solutions and configurations that support business operations.
- Partner with IT to resolve complex system and integration issues.
- Lead regression and critical-function testing across logistics and trade systems, web applications, and databases.
- Maintain system data and uphold enterprise data integrity standards.
- Develop and deliver system and process training for business users and support teams.
- Prepare program proposals and business cases for Global Logistics initiatives.
- Build cross-functional stakeholder relationships and maintain awareness of industry trends and best practices.
What You’ll Bring - Required
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or other related disciplines
- 8 or more years of experience in Commercial, Commercial Support, or the Marine logistics/transportation business
- Technical understanding of the integration across platforms, including SAP S/4HANA, and TMS applications
- Expert proficiency working with SAP S/4 HANA and/or R/3, including vendor billing documents, nominations, shipment cost documents, and ticket actualization
- Business understanding of Commercial operations, downstream value chain, and refinery processes
- Intermediate or greater proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred
- Master’s degree
- 10+ years of experience in Commercial Marine or a Commercial Support function
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks or projects simultaneously
- Proven ability to analyze current state, define future state, and define product/process change strategy
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written to ensure common understanding
- Ability to coordinate effectively with many stakeholders across multiple global functional areas
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects and providing functional leadership
- Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing other advisors and analysts
- Experience in integrating TMS data into ERP systems and other enterprise platforms
- Demonstrated experience with project management, change management, strategic planning, and process mapping in a logistics environment
Compensation Range
This position has a base salary range of $140,400 – $171,600.
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 .
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 1, 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