Commercial Fuel Offtake Specialist
About this opportunity:
The Commercial Fuel Offtake Specialist will be based in Calgary and report to the Senior Manager, Supply, Wholesale and Biofuels within Canadian Refined Products. The successful candidate will be accountable for managing high-value diesel supply contracts, requiring the ongoing development and maintenance of strong relationships with counterparties to support the long-term profitability of commercial agreements. This role demands strong negotiation skills, balanced with the ability to preserve and strengthen long-term business relationships. As the commercial lead for long-term offtake agreements, this role will collaborate extensively with internal stakeholders across Commercial, Manufacturing, Logistics, and other key functions to ensure contractual commitments are met and business objectives are achieved.
What you’ll do:
Lead the commercial management of high-value, long-term, and complex diesel offtake agreements, ensuring profitability, operational performance, and contract compliance.
Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the Canadian and U.S. refined products markets.
Develop and lead structured commercial review processes, providing VP-level reporting on performance, risks, opportunities, and contract outcomes.
Influence and coordinate Marketing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Business Development, and other stakeholders to meet contractual commitments, mitigate risks, and capture growth opportunities.
Lead expansion of the commercial footprint by developing new long-term partnerships across industries and regions.
Serve as lead negotiator for complex commercial discussions, resolving issues while protecting profitability, competitiveness, and strategic objectives.
Support optimization and integrated supply planning through market intelligence, demand forecasting, nominations, lifting execution, and alignment with the Lloydminster diesel supply plan.
Provide leadership and guidance to advisors while driving continuous improvement initiatives, contract amendments, and prioritized action plans to address opportunities and vulnerabilities.
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
Legally authorized to work in Canada.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
Minimum of 12 years of experience in refined products supply, logistics, and marketing within North American markets.
Substantial experience negotiating long-term refined products supply and commercial agreements.
Extensive experience managing long-term agreements for diesel, gasoline, and/or jet fuel.
Deep understanding of Canadian rack pricing mechanisms, including diesel, gasoline, and renewable fuels.
Expert knowledge of Canadian refined products markets, including supply, demand, pricing dynamics, and market fundamentals.
Proven ability to navigate complex commercial environments and drive value through strategic supply and marketing initiatives.
Strong commercial, analytical, and relationship management skills, with experience influencing internal and external stakeholders at senior levels.
We acknowledge the value of transferable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT September 7th, 2026
Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.
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Who we are:
Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.
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The Cenovus experience
Total rewards
We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:
- Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
- Health & dental benefits
- Substantial mental health coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Employee family assistance
- Virtual healthcare coverage
Our development philosophy
We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:
- Internal course offerings
- Education assistance for additional development
- Opportunities to work on special projects
- Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders
We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes—for employees and for the company as a whole.
Our culture
- Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
- Our values:
- Protect what matters
- Do it right
- Make it better
- Do it together
- Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
- Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
- Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
- Receive donation matching up to $10,000 annually.
- Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.
Equal opportunity employer
We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.
To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
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