Analyst - Oil Operations
Key Skills for This Role
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Key responsibilities
- · Optimize the deal P&L (profit & loss) through efficient voyage planning by communicating updates in a timely and organised manner.
- · Actively manage all voyages by sending voyage orders to vessel owners, negotiating and port authorities to optimize the logistics and minimize costs
- · Establish and maintain good working relationships with international customers and third party service providers on a regular basis
- · Dealing with international clients on a regular basis
- · Assist the chartering team with vessel clearance, post fixture optimization of oil tankers
- · Review contractual terms with international clients to gain maximum commercial advantage for Trafigura
- · Gain understanding of pricing & hedging exposure on every deal and the P&L along with the Deals desk (risk management) team
- · Be completely aware of the Costs related to a particular deal, minimize the costs actively and keep the Deals desk team continuously updated
- · Gain understanding of the Trade finance and credit terms associated with the deal
- · Since we work in an extremely regulated environment ensure strict adherence to Trafigura's Code of Conduct and follow internal procedures and company's policies
Required qualifications
- Minimum 0-3 years experience in Click or tap here to enter text..
- MBA - Operations/ Marketing/ Finance. Degree in Engineering is desirable.
- Extremely strong communication skills and quantitative ability
- Strong business acumen and has a commercial bent of mind
- Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure environment
- Attributes for success
- The ideal candidate for this profile is one who is curious, is a self-starter, can think on her/ his feet, is always hungry to learn and do more, is action oriented, is well organized, has a logical bent of mind and can think out of the box to find solution to new challenges that this role brings up daily.
- Key Relationships
- Trading Desk
- Deals Desk
- Chartering Desk
- Trade Finance Desk
- Contracts Desk
- Customers
- Service Providers
- Department overview
- The Oil Cargo Operations team manages the physical execution of oil trades from deal conclusion through to final settlement, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure efficient and timely delivery. The team verifies trade recaps against Booking Notes and works with Contract Administration on contract drafting, coordinates shipment schedules, laycans and vessel nominations with Chartering, agents, counterparties and terminals, and appoints and instructs independent inspectors at loading and discharge ports to monitor cargo quantity and quality. Operators oversee loading and discharge activities in line with industry safety standards, manage shipping documents such as Bills of Lading and certificates of quantity and quality, and maintain accurate cargo quantities and event dates in Pluto/ Atlas. They also keep the Deals Desk team informed of operational changes and potential exposures, confirm final cargo quantity and quality, and coordinate final settlement with counterparties. Throughout the trade lifecycle, they help mitigate operational risks, cargo loss or damage, and demurrage, while ensuring cargo and documentation are ready on time. The team works closely with Traders, Chartering, Shipping Operations and Claims, Contract Administration, Trade Finance, Deals Desk and Treasury, as well as external inspectors, agents, terminals and counterparties.
- Equal opportunity employer
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.
About Trafigura
Trafigura is a multinational commodity trading company headquartered in Singapore, founded in 1993. It is the world's largest private metals trader and one of the largest oil and energy traders, connecting producers and consumers of minerals, metals, oil, gas, and power across more than 150 countries.
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