Sr Lubes Product Specialist

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry and operates under the well-known CITGO brand.

CITGO owns and operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, LA.; Lemont, IL.; and Corpus Christi, TX, and wholly and/or jointly owns 38 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants.

With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 807,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), positions CITGO as one of the best-branded supplier companies in the industry.

At CITGO our people are our most important resource.

Our core values are Safety, Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Care.

Job Summary

Plans, conducts and directs analytical research and development work involving one or more projects to develop new or to modify existing products based on market/customer requirements and/or emerging technologies.

Provides leadership in defining performance and marketing attributes of product lines in assigned segments based on gathered market intelligence.

Determines viability of base oils, additives, and chemicals for use by CITGO.

Leads Project Management teams to ensure timely completion of assigned projects.

Directs activities of CITGO and component supplier professionals and technicians assigned to a project.

Provides technical support and assistance to Sales, Marketing, Supply, Compliance, Health-Environmental-Safety, and Manufacturing groups throughout the company with emphasis on identifying market differentiation opportunities and improving cost/production efficiency and product technical and regulatory integrity.

Minimum Qualifications



* Incumbent must have good oral/written communication skills, acquaintance with analytical and statistical methods and good with problem-solving technical skills.


* Ability to work directly with internal and external customers.


* Computer skills for use of SAP, video conference, database, word processing and presentation software.


* Minimum years of job-related experience required: A Bachelor's Degree and 10 years experience.

Job Duties II

Job Duties

1.Identifies, recommends or develops products and/or related technical services based on customer and/or existing/emerging market requirements.

This process may include patent review, available component review, formula development, supervising of development lab test blends, evaluating prototype test data, overseeing trial sample preparation for customer evaluations, coordinating field tests, securing product OEM approvals and licenses, advising and supporting Manufacturing to implement production of new formulations, advising and supporting all aspects of the Supply Chain, and supporting Sales & Marketing in development of marketing literature/tools.

Supports Technical Service Representatives/Sector Managers as needed to help coordinate product investigations that may relate to performance concerns, identification of contaminants,...