Energy Traders

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The Opportunity

Our client is a major international supply chain operator and commodity enterprise specializing in comprehensive resource distribution, wholesale trade, and global logistics. Managing large-scale trade operations and operational hubs across major international trade corridors, the enterprise handles a diversified portfolio encompassing bulk commodities, industrial raw materials, and energy products distributed to industrial and commercial partners worldwide.

Powered by extensive supply chain linkages and an established international trading framework, the company operates at a significant global scale. This expansive multi-regional market presence calls for robust, agile risk frameworks and structured operational support to manage complex cross-border trade flows and multi-jurisdictional market dynamics. In line with strategic business portfolio expansion, they are actively seeking experienced Energy Traders to join their Singapore office.

Responsibilities:

• Execute physical and paper trading activities primarily focused on fuel oil products to meet market demand and achieve company growth goals.
• Monitor and analyze global oil market trends, including supply-demand dynamics, inventory flows, and key factors influencing market sentiment.
• Build and maintain strong, established relationships with suppliers, customers, brokers, and other key market participants, representing the firm during negotiations and discussions.
• Coordinate logistics, shipping, and operations to ensure the smooth and timely delivery of traded cargoes.
• Ensure all trades strictly comply with legal, regulatory, and company risk standards.
• Track and analyze trade performance, including P&L, and recommend dynamic adjustments to trading strategies.
• Identify new business opportunities and leverage existing networks to establish and scale new product desks (extending into broader refined products or feedstocks) as part of the company's strategic portfolio expansion.

*responsibilities are truncated and non-exhaustive.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline
• Min. 8 years of proven experience in the physical fuel oil trading industry with a strong, track-record of commercial performance
• Good knowledge of international trading regulations, risk frameworks, and physical maritime shipping logistics
• Direct trading experience in adjacent energy or petrochemical categories (such as crude, gasoil, naphtha, gasoline, MTBE, or ethane)
• Entrepreneurial readiness to set up and scale new trading desks from the ground up
• Proficient in both English and Chinese(spoken and written) to effectively liaise with Chinese associates and regional counterparties

If you are excited about this opportunity, apply NOW!

Due to high volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We will keep candidates not shortlisted for future suitable opportunities.

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