Trading House Metals Operations Role
We are seeking a well-versed Senior Traffic Operator (metals) to join our client's successful trading house headquartered in Switzerland with entities worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
* Logistics: Vessel chartering, container shipments, and transportation coordination with our chartering team, including rail, truck, and air transport, as well as warehouse releases.
* Bank Contacts: Letters of Credit (L/Cs): Opening, checking, requesting amendments, and negotiating documents for collection of payment.
* Hedging: Calculating metal quantities and foreign currency amounts for pricing.
* Contact Management: Correspondence on material availability, documentation, invoicing, payments, client exposure control, and claim handling.
* Supervision and Insurance: Providing instructions for supervision jobs, assaying, and umpire, as well as insuring transport and storage risks.
* Internal Tasks: Email exchange and direct contact with traders, profit and loss calculations, client exposure control, accounting tasks, and file liquidation.
Requirements
* A sound educational background (commercial apprenticeship or bachelor degree).
* Minimum 5 years of work experience in a traffic role in metals in a commodity trading company.
* Excellent English skills (spoken and written), further languages are an advantage.
* Current Swiss B/C Permit or EU passport holder.