Metals Trader

Cititec; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cititec in Zurich is seeking a Base Metals Trader to join our team with a clear focus on the physical markets, especially copper and aluminium. The role demands understanding that physical trading goes beyond screens, including knowing the material, where it is needed, and structuring deals that work as cargo moves.

You will own trades from idea to delivery, develop market networks across producers, fabricators, and counterparties, and turn relationships into repeatable physical business.

Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience in physical non-ferrous metals.
• Experience with billets, wire rod, secondary materials or by-products would be particularly relevant.
• Commercially minded and capable of negotiating directly with counterparties.

Aufgaben

• Take ownership of physical trading opportunities from idea through to delivery, identify supply and demand dislocations, develop new sources and outlets, negotiate terms, structure transactions and coordinate with operations.
• Develop a genuine market network across producers, fabricators, processors, industrial consumers and other trading counterparties and turn relationships into repeatable physical business.
• Build and manage a portfolio of physical base metal trades.
• Source material and develop new customer channels.
• Price and negotiate spot, term and structured transactions.
• Understand product specifications, premiums, conversion economics and physical flows; work with logistics and operations on delivery, storage, quality and execution; manage exposure and consider pricing/hedging.
• Track market developments and identify where physical market inefficiencies can create trading opportunities; expand product and geographic scope over time.

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for a Base Metals Trader to join our team in Zurich, with a clear focus on the physical markets.

This is a role for someone who understands that physical trading is about more than watching a screen and taking a position. It is about knowing the material, understanding where it is needed, finding the right counterparty, structuring the deal and making sure the economics still work when the cargo actually moves.

The core focus will be copper and aluminium, with particular exposure to:

• Copper and aluminium by-products and secondary materials
• Other complementary physical base metal flows as the business develops

What you will do

You will take ownership of physical trading opportunities from idea through to delivery. That means identifying supply and demand dislocations, developing new sources and outlets, negotiating commercial terms, structuring transactions and working closely with operations to ensure trades are executed properly.

You will be expected to develop a genuine market network across producers, fabricators, processors, industrial consumers and other trading counterparties — and, importantly, turn those relationships into repeatable physical business.

The role will also involve:

• Building and managing a portfolio of physical base metal trades
• Sourcing material and developing new customer channels
• Pricing and negotiating spot, term and structured transactions
• Understanding product specifications, premiums, conversion economics and physical flows
• Working with logistics and operations on delivery, storage, quality and execution
• Managing exposure and working with the wider team on LME and other pricing/hedging considerations
• Tracking market developments and identifying where physical market inefficiencies can create trading opportunities
• Expanding the product and geographic scope of the desk over time

Who we are looking for

We are less interested in a particular job title and more interested in what you have actually traded.

You will ideally have several years of experience in physical non-ferrous metals, with meaningful exposure to copper and/or aluminium products. Experience with billets, wire rod, secondary materials or by-products would be particularly relevant.

You should be commercially minded, comfortable negotiating directly with counterparties and capable of making decisions without needing everything mapped out in advance.

You will probably enjoy this role if you:

• Know the difference between trading a position and trading a physical business
• Have an established network — or a proven ability to build one
• Like getting into the detail of specifications, premiums, freight and deal economics
• Are comfortable owning a number from first conversation through to final settlement
• Can spot an opportunity before it becomes obvious to everyone else
• Are entrepreneurial enough to develop something rather than simply maintain an existing book