Main Purpose:
The incumbent will be responsible for assessing the overall trade flow plan including commercial terms, cargo operations, payment terms and legal obligations of sale, purchase and/or storage transactions concluded by the company. The incumbent will then draft or review the underlying commercial contracts keeping in mind Trafigura’s interests and business strategy and will also highlight all potential risks for consultation with other key departments such as Trading, Cargo Operations, Trade Finance, Claims, Legal etc.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
- Commerce, Business Administration, Law or equivalent qualification with impressive academic credentials
- Strong communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Accurate and efficient working style with high attention to detail
- Computer literacy: MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook
- Adaptive to change
- Self-starter and pro-active attitude
- Fluent in English. Knowledge of other languages is advantageous
- Willingness to work in flexible time zones
Key Responsibilities
- Assessing commercial, operational and legal risks in a sale/purchase/storage transaction and highlight the same promptly to relevant departments
- Liaise closely with other departments to discuss and finalize the company’s contractual position
- Issue final contracts or amendments after compiling views of key departments
- Pro-actively liaise with stakeholders to achieve a mutually acceptable contractual position
- Take advisory role to suggest traders ways to mitigate key risks and highlight those exceptions to management
- Timely filing of contracts, amendments, communications in PLUTO (in-house database management software)
- Strict adherence and compliance to Trafigura’s policy and codes
Key Relationships and Department Overview:
- Counterparties
- Traders
- Cargo Operators
- Trade Finance
- Deals Desk
- Claims
- VAT, Legal, Securitization departments
Department: Contract Administration
The Contract Administration Department acts as a key control function to safeguard the company’s commercial and legal interests in the sale, purchase or storage of commodities. The department is responsible to review trades concluded by the company, highlighting any potential risk that may arise during the transaction and taking appropriate measures while drafting/reviewing the underlying contracts in consultation with other departments.