Pet-chem Trader - Toa Payoh

Pet-chem Trader will work closely with the wider teams to build commodity business for the company. Commodity line is Aromatics and any other as may be required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop a summary of the commodity balance and the market dynamics.
• Develop market entry strategy for the commodities, and a road map from start to delivery.
• Establish relationship with counter-parties and trade commodities in the international market, both on spot and term basis.
• Build 3rd party trading alongside asset-based trading business.
• Manage risk of underlying assets using derivatives, and also gradually build spec paper book.
• P&L responsibility for the desk.
• Extend support in establishing phenol distribution model in the destination countries, if required.
• Support analytics team to build analytical models.
• Work together with the Operations team for handling the commodities.

What to expect of the candidate:

• 5-8 years of relevant business experience in a similar role in a pet-chem industry.
• Aptitude for originating and trading commodities.
• Ability to work from strategy to execution of deals.
• Analytical skills and an eye for detail. Good communicator.
• Having good business relationships and ability to grow them.
• Independent, autonomous work attitude who is self-motivated and confident to challenge both supervisors and peers.
• High proficiency in EXCEL spreadsheet, Word, Power Point etc.