Fundamental Trading Analyst (Freight)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation • Houston, TX

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About The Position

At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment. Position Summary This Fundamental Trading Analyst supports MPC’s Global Supply, Trading, and Origination organization by delivering high-impact freight market analytics that directly inform commercial decision making. The role is responsible for end-to-end fundamental analysis, including global supply-demand balances, vessel and fleet dynamics, flow patterns, and freight economics, and converts complex market signals into timely, actionable insights embedded within trading workflows. This position is designed as a key analytics role with direct proximity to trading activity, requiring strong commercial judgment, analytical ownership, and close collaboration with traders, schedulers, and origination teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, Marine or related discipline required.
• Three (3) or more years of related experience.
• Action Planning
• Business Acumen
• Commercial Awareness
• Communication
• Competitor Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Process Efficiency Improvements
• Relationship Management
• Results Driven
• Supply Demand Analysis
• Teamwork

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of commodity and freight supply-demand fundamentals, including production, refining, inventories, and global trade patterns.
• Experience analyzing commodity or freight market differentials, quality impacts, and regional pricing benchmarks
• Exposure to freight markets (tankers, dry bulk, or LNG/LPG) or similar physical logistics/supply chain analytics.
• Strong proficiency in analytical modeling, scenario analysis, and visualization tools
• Familiarity with data visualization or analytical tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms
• Experience working with large datasets (AIS, market data feeds, pricing services) and translating them into commercial insights.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to commercial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage global freight supply-demand models, including flows, demand, inventories, fleet supply, and freight pricing relationships.
• Monitor vessel movements, trade route shifts, fleet utilization, and structural market changes impacting freight markets.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity across assigned market databases, models, and reporting outputs.
• Analyze freight economics, arbitrage structures, voyage comparisons, and coverage strategies; deliver ad-hoc analytics based on current market conditions.
• Provide timely intelligence and forward-looking insights to trading, scheduling, and origination teams.
• Highlight market risks, dislocations, and emerging opportunities in both physical and paper freight markets.
• Support Supply Trading and Origination in identifying new commercial opportunities and evolving market dislocations.
• Translate complex market dynamics into clear, actionable strategies using modeling, visualization, and analytical tools.

Benefits

• Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement.
• Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com.
• The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level