Trafigura Operations Talent Pool - (Uruguay Regional Office)

Main Purpose:

Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. Trafigura sources, stores, transports and delivers a range of raw materials (including oil and refined products and metals and minerals) to clients around the world. The trading business is supported by industrial and financial assets, including a 72 percent ownership in global oil products storage and distribution company Puma Energy; global terminals, warehousing, and logistics operator Impala Terminals; Trafigura's Mining Group; and the private investment arm Galena Asset Management.

A career at Trafigura offers a gateway to working on some of the most exciting challenges of a constantly evolving world – from helping to optimise supply chains to developing infrastructure and new markets. In a culture that is founded on openness and energy, our people work as part of a multinational, globally connected team and thrive in a fast-paced environment where they can nurture and commercialise bold ideas. Everyone has a voice and is empowered to collaborate across geographies and fields to help craft our business and the wider world. We know the importance and value of diversity in our company, and we invest in attracting, developing and retaining talent from all backgrounds.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

If you are a recent graduate with logistics experience interested in commodity trading and wish to pursue a career with our company, we kindly invite you to submit your CV in English for our consideration.

What are we looking for?

- Academic background in Engineering, Mathematics, International Business, or a related field

- Fluent English and Spanish in both oral and written

- Dynamic and upbeat personality

- Ability to take initiatives

- Problem solving and analytical skills

- Solid numerical aptitude and logical reasoning skills

- Genuine interest in developing a career in commodity trading

Key Responsibilities

- Organize bulk, container, truck shipments of concentrates: cargo packing, cargo loading, cargo discharge, transportation itself , transshipment, storage
- Organize insurance of the cargo during transportation and storage
- Prepare and submit commercial cargo invoices to Receivers/Suppliers, organize settlement of invoices in coordination with Trade Finance, manage cash exposures with Counterparties, control/report credit exposure with Counterparties
- Work with service providers – forwarders, shipping agents, warehouses , surveyors: screening locations, preparing service agreements, arranging payments for services, controlling quality of services
- Organize operations for weighting, sampling and assaying of concentrates cargos. Dealing with surveyors and laboratories, understanding facilities on the ground for weighting and sampling
procedures.
- Organizing hedging of price exposure on concentrates shipments.
- Handling data entry in the system, working with exposure, cargo reports

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.