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Job Purpose and Impact
The Senior Commodity Trade Execution Executive is responsible for coordinating and executing export trade activities for physical commodity trades across assigned regions, customers, and trade flows. This role ensures the timely, accurate, and compliant execution of purchase and sales contracts through the management of transportation, trade documentation, stakeholder coordination, compliance, and operational controls.
The role works closely with internal and external stakeholders to support smooth commodity flows, resolve operational issues, mitigate execution risks, and provide visibility into trade execution activities. The Professional, Commodity Trade Execution is expected to independently manage routine and moderately complex transactions while ensuring alignment with contractual obligations and origin and destination regulatory requirements.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage and execute export trade transactions, ensuring contractual terms are operationally executable and aligned with applicable policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate end-to-end trade execution activities, including transportation, documentation, customs requirements, stakeholder communication, and contract administration to support timely and accurate commodity movements.
- Monitor contract execution to identify and mitigate operational, documentation, compliance, and contractual risks, resolving issues and escalating material concerns when required.
- Maintain accurate execution records, operational controls, and performance metrics while supporting continuous improvement of trade execution processes and execution quality.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, suppliers, logistics providers, inspection companies, agents, warehouses, and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful execution outcomes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, International Trade, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in trade execution, commodity operations, supply chain, logistics, international trade, or a related field; typically reflecting 3 or more years of professional experience.
- Working knowledge of international trade practices, trade documentation, transportation processes, customs requirements, and compliance considerations, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and resolve operational issues effectively.
Our OfferWe provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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