The Business
This enterprise is a well-established and highly respected organisation operating within Australia's essential fuel supply sector. With a significant national footprint and an integrated commercial supply network, the business plays a critical role in ensuring fuel is efficiently sourced, transported and delivered to customers across multiple industries. Operating within a sophisticated international structure, the organisation prides itself on commercial excellence, disciplined governance and collaborative decision making. As part of an exciting period of transformation and continued optimisation, they are seeking an experienced commercial professional to join their enterprise optimisation team.

The Role
Reporting into an international optimisation function whilst working closely alongside the Australian executive leadership team, this position plays a pivotal role in shaping commercial outcomes across the organisation. This position acts as one of the key commercial advisers to the business, balancing commercial priorities, operational capability and enterprise value. Working across supply, logistics, infrastructure, commercial operations and regional stakeholders, you will influence critical business decisions through commercial insight, analysis and negotiation. Key Responsibilities include:

- Identify and execute commercial opportunities that improve enterprise value across the national supply chain.
- Lead commercial negotiations from opportunity identification through to implementation.
- Develop business cases,



commercial strategies and investment recommendations for optimisation initiatives.
- Analyse logistics networks, infrastructure utilisation and supply pathways to identify operational efficiencies.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to balance commercial outcomes with operational capability.
- Develop commercial agreements, governance frameworks and contractual arrangements.
- Build strong relationships across cross-functional teams while influencing outcomes without direct authority.
- Work collaboratively with regional stakeholders to deliver integrated commercial solutions.
- Translate strategic priorities into practical commercial initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Provide commercial insight and recommendations that support executive decision making.

The Candidate
This opportunity is ideally suited to an experienced commercial professional from the fuel industry or downstream sector who enjoys solving complex business problems, influencing senior stakeholders and identifying opportunities to improve commercial performance. You are commercially astute, naturally curious and possess the maturity to build credibility across a broad stakeholder group without relying on formal authority and have:

- Experience within commercial, strategy, supply chain,



business development, trading or optimisation environments within the fuel industry or downstream sector.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to understand enterprise value drivers.
- Demonstrated experience developing commercial strategies, business cases and financial analysis.
- Proven commercial negotiation and stakeholder management capability.
- Robust analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working within complex or matrix organisational structures.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- The ability to balance commercial outcomes with governance and risk considerations.
- Current or recent experience in the fuel industry or downstream sector will be highly regarded.

The Opportunity
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a highly respected organisation where your commercial expertise will directly influence strategic business decisions and enterprise performance. Working alongside experienced commercial leaders, you'll enjoy exposure to complex commercial projects, executive stakeholders and international collaboration, while playing a key role in shaping the future direction of a nationally significant business. An attractive remuneration package, genuine career development opportunities and the chance to work on commercially significant initiatives make this a unique opportunity for an ambitious commercial professional looking to take the next step in their career. For more information, please contact Fabian Paterson on 0413 244 443.

📌 Principal Commercial Advisor - Downstream Fuel (Brisbane)
🏢 Ampersand
📍 Brisbane