China Oil Trader

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• More than 5 years of experience on international commercial business (import and export) or domestic products trading business including dealings with refineries and downstream customers.
• 4 years’ experience on commodity trading and operations
• Knowledge of China domestic supply and demand, pricing regulations and product flows.
• Familiar with Chinese refineries and downstream counterparties
• Knowledge of storage, terminals, logistics, finance, accounting and risk management preferable
• Able to be flexible and capable to work under pressure
• English and Local language good in both oral and written
• IT skills, spreadsheet skills essential
• Self-motivated to generate new business and deliver PnL as an individual, plus working as team member to grow China’s energy business.
• Good communicator/influencing skills, need to build up strong connections with Chinese majors/teapots and downstream main products outlet customers.
• Flexible on travels and customer meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Day-to-day trading, buying and selling to third parties, maximising profit margin.
• Managing risk exposure – manage any possible volatility of the market structure.
• Developing new business strategies.  
• Contacting/visiting suppliers and receivers to collect information and develop new deals on import and export business
• Maintaining customers’ relationship
• Liaising with head office / other branches for the booking of new deals
• Liaising with Financing / Risk control department for new customers set up internally and getting relative information from new customers
• Allocating short & long positions in mainland China.
• Handling the pricing with Customers
• Keep eyes on the pricing exposures
• Supervising traffics’ operations and help to solve problems which they are not able to solve
• Training traffics in their daily operations, how to think logically and execute contracts, liaising with customers/agents in the best way