Oil Trader (Refined Products) - Energy trading company
We are partnering with a growing energy trading firm with strong ambition to expand their footprints into asset trading.
The firm is seeking for commercially-minded traders to drive commercial performance across on the refined product side - either gasoline, diesel, jet, and other distillates, biofuels or naphtha. The successful candidate will manage trading activities, expand market presence, and deliver strong P&L results through disciplined market analysis, relationship-building, and risk management.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver strong P&L via physical and paper trading strategies across refined products - either gasoline, diesel, jet, and other distillates, biofuels or naphtha.
- Identify and capture arbitrage in time, location, and quality spreads.
- Build and leverage relationships with refiners, suppliers, brokers, NOCs, and endusers.
- Originate and negotiate spot/term deals with strong commercial acumen.
- Hedge exposures and manage market/credit risks within risk limits.
- Collaborate with ops, shipping, finance, and legal to ensure flawless execution and accurate P&L.
- Good level of autonomy to make your own trading decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field; master's degree a plus.
- 10-15 years of proven track record of generating P&L in refined products trading - either in gasoline, diesel, jet, and other distillates, biofuels or naphtha.
- Comfortable in running your own P&L book independently and being rewarded as a percentage of P&L.
- Strong understanding of physical and paper markets, arbitrage, and trading economics.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationshipmanagement skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure, make fast decisions, and handle market volatility.
- Proficiency with trading tools (e.g., Bloomberg, Eikon, Platts, CME/ICE platforms).
Selby Jennings is a Trading Style of Phaidon International (License number R16S8194)
