Essar Oil (UK) Limited

Head of Order to Cash

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Job Description

Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type: Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday

  • Competitive Salary
  • 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
  • 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
  • Free Secure On-Site Car Parking

About the Company

EET (Essar Energy Transition) plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions.

We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future.

With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector.

Find out more: Redefining Energy | EET

The Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Order to Cash. As a member of the Marketing Leadership Team, this role is responsible for leading the safe, efficient and cost-effective movement of oil products by road from Stanlow and alternative supply locations to customer delivery points, ensuring the highest standards of HSSE compliance are maintained. The successful candidate will also oversee the operational delivery of the end-to-end Order to Cash process, including the management of the offshore GCC team, ensuring seamless transactional processes that support both internal stakeholders, particularly Finance, and external customers. This role plays a critical part in maintaining operational excellence, customer satisfaction and overall business performance.

Primary Accountabilities

  • Lead and manage the Order to Cash (OtC) function, providing leadership, coaching and development for onshore and offshore teams.
  • Develop and deliver the Order to Cash and customer interface strategy in partnership with the Head of Commercial Sales & Logistics.
  • Ensure the department is aligned with wider business objectives and supports the Commercial Sales & Logistics function effectively.
  • Act as the key interface with Retail, ensuring high levels of service and support.
  • Maintain robust, compliant and documented departmental processes and procedures.
  • Build a high-performing team and strengthen the talent pipeline.
  • Oversee departmental governance, compliance and risk management.
  • Develop and implement standardised customer onboarding processes and documentation.
  • Manage all sales-to-customer processes, ensuring performance meets business and customer expectations.
  • Oversee transactional activities from order processing through to invoicing and cash collection.
  • Foster strong internal and external stakeholder relationships to support collaboration and results delivery.
  • Drive an excellent customer experience across all Order to Cash activities.
  • Act as a key customer-facing representative, ensuring a seamless billing and service experience.
  • Champion transactional improvement initiatives across CRM, SAP, terminal operations, scheduling optimisation, customer portals and management information reporting.
  • Enhance system integration and automation to improve data quality, efficiency and business performance.
  • Promote best practice in HSSE, compliance, governance and reporting.
  • Act as the Triple Goal Zero Champion for the function.
  • Lead audit compliance activities and ensure all reporting requirements are met.
  • Drive process, operational and cost improvement initiatives across Distribution and Order to Cash activities.
  • Identify and deliver cost efficiencies while supporting wider business improvement programmes.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Finance, EPS and other stakeholders to develop and implement commercial strategies.
  • Lead digital transformation initiatives across distribution planning, VMI and customer order management.
  • Work with IT and business stakeholders to identify and implement effective digital solutions.
  • Establish and drive continuous improvement programmes, including optimisation of the AMCS platform.

About You

The successful candidate will be degree qualified in a relevant business discipline, with a Master's qualification and/or a Project Management qualification considered advantageous. Candidates with significant relevant experience in a similar role will also be considered.

You will have substantial experience across the full order-to-transaction commercial cycle, with strong expertise in road distribution and a comprehensive understanding of the UK oil products supply and operations landscape. As a subject matter expert in commercial processes, including SAP, you will have a proven track record of delivering business improvement initiatives, leading vendor onboarding projects, and working collaboratively across functions to drive successful outcomes.

Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills are essential, along with proficiency in SAP and distribution optimisation software. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, sound financial acumen, a customer-focused approach, and strong compliance awareness. An entrepreneurial mindset, combined with a balanced understanding of commercial risk and reward, will be key to success in this role.

Closing Date

This vacancy will close on 9th September 2026.

Please Note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.

Essar Oil (UK) Limited

About Essar Oil (UK) Limited

EET Fuels - Performing today transforming for tomorrow! Playing a key role in the decarbonisation of the UK economy, with ambitious plans to build an energy transition cluster in the North West of England.

Stanlow is a key strategic national asset, annually producing over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, while playing an important part in Britain’s petrochemical industry by providing key feedstocks.

The business is a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses.

The business covers crude and product trading, refinery operations, HSE implementation, maintenance support and technological services, together with marketing and retail activities. Our commitment to maintaining safe and healthy working conditions and following the best operating practices to protect the environment underpins everything we do.

We employ over 900 highly trained and loyal staff, who are at the heart of everything we do. The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry.

In FY2017-18, Essar Oil UK reported revenues of $5.4 billion, and a post-tax profit of $161 million. Since acquiring Stanlow in July 2011, Essar has invested over $870 million in the business. The Board has a strategic focus to further improve the financial performance of the company through the continued growth and development of the business in the UK and beyond.

Industry
Oil, Gas & Mining
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Ellesmere Port, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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