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Assistant Commercial Manager – Base Metals Trading & LME
Dubatt Battery Recycling LLC
Dubai, UAE
Contract
Onsite
AED 10,000/month
Discovered 6 days ago
London Metal Exchange (LME) marketsCommodity tradingCommodity hedgingFutures and optionsPhysical base metals tradingCommodity price-risk management
Role Overview
Dubatt Battery Recycling LLC is hiring a commercially driven professional to support commercial operations and strengthen its position in global metals markets.
The role focuses on base-metals trading, LME markets, and commodity price-risk management.
Key Skills for This Role
London Metal Exchange (LME) marketsCommodity tradingCommodity hedgingFutures and optionsPhysical base metals tradingCommodity price-risk management
Full Job Posting
Role overview
Dubatt Battery Recycling LLC is hiring a commercially driven professional to support commercial operations and strengthen its position in global metals markets.
The role focuses on base-metals trading, LME markets, and commodity price-risk management.
Work arrangement
- The position is full-time and on-site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Work location is in person.
Key responsibilities
- Monitor LME prices, forward curves, market fundamentals, spreads, and supply-demand dynamics, particularly for lead and other base metals.
- Develop hedging strategies using LME futures, options, and other instruments to manage price exposure.
- Support physical metal procurement, sales, pricing, premiums, and contract negotiations.
- Analyze market timing, forward pricing, arbitrage, and physical and financial positions to optimize trading margins.
- Provide insights on commodity markets, macroeconomic developments, and base-metal price drivers.
- Monitor price exposure, mark-to-market positions, hedge effectiveness, and trading performance; report findings and recommendations.
- Coordinate with internal commercial teams and international trading counterparties and brokerage firms.
Candidate requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in commodity trading, metals trading, commercial operations, or commodity risk management.
- Strong practical understanding of the LME, including futures, forward pricing, hedging mechanisms, and market structures.
- Experience at an international commodity trading house, metals merchant, LME brokerage, or metals producer is highly desirable.
- Physical base-metals trading experience, particularly in lead, copper, zinc, or aluminium, is preferred.
- Ability to translate market movements and financial-market insights into practical commercial strategies.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and commercial decision-making skills.
- Familiarity with commodity exposure management and trading P&L analysis.
Pay
- Pay is AED 10,000–15,000 per month.
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