Job Title:

Junior Operator

Contract Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Job Description:

Summary of Company

Gunvor Group is one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently move physical energy, bulk materials, and base metals from where they are sourced and stored to where they are demanded most. Gunvor has strategic investments in industrial infrastructure—refineries, pipelines, storage, and terminals—that complement our core trading activity and generate sustainable value across the global supply chain for our customers. For 2023, Gunvor reported US $127 billion in revenue on 177 million MT of volumes, and remains on track to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions 40%, and to reduce the carbon intensity of its shipping fleet by 10% by 2025.

For more information, visit GunvorGroup.com.

Overview of Role

The position reports to the Team leader who maintains a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Regional Head of Operations who is located in our Singapore office. He/ she will work closely with the Trading department and Cargo Operations to provide day-to-day support for our cargo trading activities.

The role involves providing day-to-day operations, offering support to a team of Operators and Traders. The individual coordinates all operational aspects of the Gasoline trading book, ensuring that physical trades are executed accurately  and cost-effectively, in accordance with contractual terms.

In addition, , the individual assesses both operational and business risks, proactively taking steps to minimize any impacts that could impede the Company/Group's success or growth and escalating significant risks for additional mitigation. The incumbent actively participates in fostering a positive, respectful, professional, and motivated team culture.

The role provides exposure to cargo operations across vessels of all sizes, including time-chartered in and spot-chartered vessels operating in global trade. The incumbent oversees and coordinates all post-deal trading activities to ensure smooth contract execution and assumes responsibility for the timely and accurate updating of profile and loss in the system.

Main Responsibilities

• Review and comment on trading contracts and tenders, manage financial exposures and efficiently execute obligations governed by Incoterms and oil major GT&Cs. Understand the legal framework supporting oil contracts, interpret a charter party against the oil contract, and coordinate these elements accurately and efficiently.
• Leverage understanding of essential ship operations and terminology, ensuring satisfactory commercial operation of barges and maritime transport. Use knowledge of relevant petroleum product specifications, analytical methods, laboratory precision, inspection procedures.  Understand the key types of financial instruments, their uses, and the importance of LOIs and shipping documents within the process.
• Maintain accurate records of operational positions (vessels, storage, qualities / blends, product movements), cost accruals and allocations.
• Ensure relevant duty, taxation, compliance, customs importation and exportation, excise tax obligations are diligently observed, monitored, reported.
• Adhere to System Management Policy through live dashboards, periodic reporting, and desk audits.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal and external issues, participating in team meetings to escalate and participate in resolution of operational concerns.
• Foster strong relationships with industry peers and third-party service providers, managing invoices and ensuring compliance with Rate Agreements.
• Work ethically and in compliance with industry standards, promptly escalating any instances of non-compliance to Team Leader and / or Regional Manager

Profile

The individual should have the following experience:

• Strong communicator with ability to work in a team and address dynamic priorities.
• Flexible, driven, and capable of creative problem solving with proven initiative
• Good people skill to manage delivery dynamics, resolve transport issues, and update trading systems, internal stakeholders in a highly dynamic, busy environment.
• Fluent in English

Competencies

• Problem solving
• Handles complexity
• Builds networks
• Teamwork
• Resourcefulness
• System & Data Management
• AI and coding experience is a good to have

If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our success.