Context & Environment

Fast-paced, dynamic trading environment with time-sensitive, business critical activities requiring 24/7 responsiveness, strong planning and organizational skills and attention to details. Ability to work with limited supervision.

Key interface and internal coordinator between all involved internal departments (Trading, Treasury, Credit, Financial Control, Accounting, Shipping, Vetting, Demurrage, AQB etc.) and third parties.

Activities

Are you looking to start your career in the vibrant world of energy trading?

Do you show passion and motivation for our industry?

If yes, don't wait any longer and join a highly dynamic and diverse team as Trading Operator.

It is a great job for anyone aspiring to grow in the commodity trading industry. Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.

You may join either our Products Trading Operations team or our Crude Trading Operations team depending on business needs and your background.

Job Dimension

The Trading Operations team of T&S is essential in the trading organisation and requires reliable and committed people who thrive working in a fast-paced and real time environment. As we value collaboration and teamwork, we are looking for enthusiastic people with a cooperative mind-set to join our central team located in Geneva, HQ of the Trading & Shipping branch of TotalEnergies.

As a Trading Operator, you will be closely working with traders and counterparties to coordinate all aspects of the post-deal trading activity from trade inception to completion.

What you will do

• Coordinate logistics of all loading/discharging by sea and/or overland and avoid/mitigate any potential hazardous situations.

• Follow up the vessels chartered by the Company (spot, COA or T/C) and optimize the rotations and loading plans.

• Nominate essential service providers (independent inspectors, loss controllers, additive suppliers etc.) and control the accuracy and consistency of the obtained results.

• Ensure storage and process contracts are diligently managed (quantities/qualities/financial exposure/customs etc.).

• Identify the cause of any encountered operational problems and ensure resolution through coordination with all affected stakeholders, mitigating costs and consequences for the Company.

• Obtain financial guarantees from counterparties, control and/or amend them before cargo loading/unloading, in conjunction with the Credit department.

• Evaluate all the costs derived from transactions and communicate all operational data having a financial impact on Trading results (prices, hedges, freight, currency...).

• Verify the coherence and the feasibility of Trading negotiations and formalize commercial contracts.

• Submit damage reports to the insurers and compile and follow claim files.

• Ensure compliance with all regulatory aspects (REACH, Customs, VAT etc.) in collaboration with respective support departments.

• Ensure compliance with vetting procedures for seagoing vessels and barges.

• Adhere to HSE, Code of Conduct, Business Integrity and all other applicable company policies and procedures at all times.

• Manage the invoicing and payment process and recovery of funds when applicable.

• Where applicable to the role, manages and optimises equity lifting by having an in depth understanding of Lifting Agreements and Terminal Procedures, including Availabilities, Payment Quantities etc.

Candidate Profile

You are a Master's degree holder (Engineering, Business School or equivalent) with a Finance or Business background, and with a first experience multi-tasking in a very fast-paced environment

• You have knowledge, interest and curiosity in the energy / trading business, and you are willing to learn

• You enjoy facing challenges and have a strong sense of commitment and flexibility.

• You have a good commercial instinct, a solution-oriented attitude and demonstrate a genuine team spirit

• Rigorous in your approach, you meticulously plan and organize your work which enables you to thrive in a complex and fast-paced environment and to work under time pressure

• You proactively look for areas of development and do not hesitate to initiate new ideas or ways of doing things

• You have good analytical skills and are IT savvy

• You are fluent in English, French and any other language considered as a plus.

At TotalEnergies, we believe that our employees' fulfilment has its roots in the wealth of the experiences they are offered. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to respecting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, military status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender.

Additional Information

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

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Become one of the drivers of energy transition with TotalEnergies Trading & Shipping.
TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people
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Give your best to better energy and make the commitment with TotalEnergies. We are one of the most active players in the international oil markets, trading with a vast network of customers and suppliers worldwide: national oil companies, producers, other oil majors, refiners, traders, distributors and end-users.
We have developed a set of trading strategies and expertise, which allows us to respond permanently to market changes and opportunities, on all physical and paper oil markets.
Satisfying the energy needs of a growing world population, curbing global warming, and adapting to changing customer behaviors and expectations are the three challenges that TotalEnergies must meet over the next 20 years. With its biomass blending and trading activity, TotalEnergies Trading & Shipping is an active participant in the development of sustainable biofuels. Our maritime transport expertise also helps to reduce the carbon footprint of sea transportation and we recently announced the time chartering of new vessels equipped with LNG propulsion.
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