Commercial Executive

Summary :

This is an existing opportunity for a talent who wants to build a career in the trading of soft commodities. The opportunity will provide on-the-job exposures and coaching to a spread of work ranging from strategy development/execution, analytics, risk management, customer interfaces.

Job Responsibilities (under supervision):

• Contribute to the trading strategies/game plans by collaborating with senior team teams.
• Execute routine positions for a specific commodity or territory based on an understanding of practices covering origination, procurement, freight and risk management.
• Negotiating price, specification and delivery details.
• Liaise with transport, shipping and insurance companies.
• Coordinate supply chain issues such as inventories, in-transit, and production scheduling and carrier availability.
• Gather insights from profitability report, marketing reports and external agencies (such as Reuters and Bloomberg) and monitoring regional and international market performance to analyse for trends and projections of future outcomes.
• Investigating new business openings
• Visiting international suppliers and customers when needed

Job Requirements:

• Degree in International Trading/ Business/Economics/Accountancy/Engineering from local reputable university (NUS, NTU, SMU or SIM).
• 1 year related experience, fresh graduate are encouraged to apply.
• Numerically capable and able to negotiate.
• Computer literacy is essential
• Excellent communication skills: Need to articulate ideas and communicate ideas to team members.
• Consistency: Actions, views have to be consistent to be predictable
• Conviction and Courage: Believe in decision and willing to take actions to make a decision
• Strong team player
• Competitive, determined and possessed a good risk appetite
• Professional and mature disposition, independent and able to multitask
• Strong communication, coordination & interpersonal skills
• Confident, meticulous, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment