Trading Operator Americas

Holcim Trading Inc. seeks a Trading Operator Americas based out of our office at 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 606, Coral Gables, FL 33134.  Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned office address.  Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the aforementioned office address. Note, this position requires travel up to 10% of the time. The Trading Operator Americas is responsible for executing trades from contract conclusion to cash collection. S/he ensures seamless execution of trades administration with business partners by driving supply chain schedules and daily updates directly with suppliers, customers, ship owners/brokers, port agents and other stakeholders. Primary responsibilities also include:

•          Ensuring smooth and seamless execution of trades administration (for bulkcarriers, containers and multimodal transportation) with Holcim business partners by driving supply chain schedules and daily updates directly with suppliers, customers, ship owners/brokers, port agents, freight forwarders/logistics providers and other stakeholders.

•          Ensure and track that cargo, shipping and multimodal transportation commitments are fulfilled and escalate any potential performance issues to the various internal stakeholders (Traders, Shipping, Supply Chain, Legal, and Management).

•          Ensuring the integrity, timeliness and quality of the information provided to internal and external stakeholders through internal checks and controls (e.g., get approval before loading from CFO and Head of Region in case of missing LC, non-back-to-back positions, provisions, etc.).

•          Obtain, issue documentary/shipping instructions, customs documentation, inventory documentation with the various stakeholders (suppliers, customers, banks, ship owner/brokers, freight forwarders/logistics providers, etc.) and organize surveyors, inspection, etc. where required.

•          Ensure nomination and timely acceptance of vessel in close coordination with the Chartering Managers/Shipping department.

•          Ensure that all measures of mitigation are in place to avoid any risks, disruptions, losses related to vessel operations/trade execution.

•          Is responsible for the issuance and control of any laytime calculations and claims with ship owners, suppliers and customers.

•          Initiating cash in – cash out processes at transactional level upstream from Finance.

•          Prepare reports, statistics for the Team Leaders, Traders or other internal stakeholders when required.

•          Escalate any operational issues to the Team Leader and/or the Trader and/or the Chartering Manager.

•          Share internally any market/business intelligence collected through daily interaction with customers and suppliers.

•          Collect and forward customer inquiries to the relevant Trader.

Up to 10% domestic/international travel may be required.

REQUIREMENTS:

The position of Trading Operator Americas requires a bachelor’s degree, or its foreign equivalent, in Business Management/Administration, International Trading, or a related field, plus requires 4 years of professional experience in the job offered or in a commercial sales or trading role.

The position requires fluency in English, French, & Spanish.

The position also requires the following number of years of experience with each of the following:

1) 4 years: Trading, shipping, freight forwarding and supply chain logistics and operations.

2) 3 years: Trade Finance tools (letter of credit, documentary collection, payment terms and payment instruments).

3) 3 years: Import and export of dry bulk commodities related to the building material industry

4) 2 years: Handling container shipments

5) 2 years: Laytime calculations concepts and specific shipping terms.

Candidates who are interested in this position should select “Apply now”.

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