Products Freight Analyst

Oman Shell; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Parental leave

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Shell in the United Kingdom is seeking a Products Freight Analyst to support commercial decision-making and profitably and compliantly manage freight operations. You will deliver tradeable market insights, build analytical tools in Python and VBA, and partner with traders, business development, finance and wider Trading & Supply stakeholders.

The role offers visibility and impact, with responsibility for MI dashboards, P&L analytics, and collaboration across global offices to benchmark

Qualifications

• Experience in shipping, freight, energy analytics or trading support.
• Proven ability to design and implement analytical methodologies.
• Strong ownership, accountability and commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own short- and long-term freight market analysis and models.
• Lead MI dashboards, automation, and data storytelling.
• Partner with traders and business development on opportunities.
• Maintain P&L analytics and explain earnings drivers across vessels and regions.

Skills

Freight analytics

Python

Excel/VBA

Maritime analytics

Tools

Signal Ocean

Vortexa

Excel

Python

Job description

What’s the role

The Products Freight Analyst plays a critical role within the Global Products Freight team, supporting commercial decision-making and contributing to profitable and compliant freight operations. This position is designed for an experienced analyst who can independently deliver high-quality tradeable market insights, develop analytical tools, and partner closely with traders, business development, finance, and wider Trading & Supply stakeholders. This role offers excellent visibility, commercial impact, and the opportunity to shape how the Products Freight desk uses data and analytics to drive performance.

What you’ll be doing

1. Market Analytics & Modelling: Develop and own advanced short-term and long‑term analysis of Products Freight supply/demand, including vessel newbuild, scrappage trends, regional flows, congestion, and seasonal patterns. Convert data from multiple internal and external sources into actionable trade insights. Build and enhance analytical models using Python and/or advanced Excel (VBA) to support forward curve proxies, stress‑testing of freight exposure, regression and correlation analysis across vessel classes, macro and micro market fundamentals. Produce and present weekly freight market analysis, including fixtures, tonnage lists, bunker trends, emissions metrics, and competitor activity. Collaborate with Products trading and oil analytics teams to integrate refinery economics, arbitrage indicators, and product flow projections.
2. Management Information (MI), Reporting & Automation: Lead the development and continuous improvement of MI dashboards, ensuring accuracy, automation, and clear storytelling. Maintain and enhance exposure sheets, outperformance benchmarking, and vessel/route analytics. Integrate third‑party maritime, flows, and asset data into structured databases to enable automation and new modelling capabilities. Deliver high‑quality presentations, book reviews, and insights for routine commercial meetings. Act as a path‑finder in the team for new technology solutions to data problems.
3. Commercial & Cross‑Functional Partnership: Work closely with freight traders to provide timely analysis during market events, fixture opportunities, and product trading flows. Partner with Business Development to evaluate opportunities such as COA structures, time‑charter strategies, triangulation performance, and new product‑freight corridors. Engage with brokers, shipowners, and analysts to collect market intelligence and benchmark performance.
4. P&L Analytics: Maintain and enhance processes for Products Freight P&L reporting and variance analysis. Build and operate models that explain drivers of earnings across vessels, regions, and trading books. Ensure all systems of record remain updated, accurate, and aligned with trading activity.

What you bring

We are keen to hear from candidates with relevant experience in shipping, freight, energy analytics or trading support and have demonstrated the ability to lead analytical work rather than only supporting it. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of independently designing, enhancing, and implementing analytical methodologies, coupled with a strong sense of accountability, ownership, and commercial acumen. They should also possess a growth mindset and a genuine desire to continuously deepen their technical expertise and understanding of market dynamics. We’d also like to see the following:

Technical Skills

Strong analytical capability with proven experience in freight, shipping, commodities, or maritime analytics.

Advanced Excel (including VBA) required; Python or similar coding proficiency strongly preferred.

Ability to automate datasets, build structured models, and translate data into meaningful insights.

Solid understanding of maritime market fundamentals (vessel classes, flows, congestion, asset valuation, etc.).

Experience with external freight analytics tools (e.g., Signal Ocean, Vortexa) beneficial.

Commercial & Behavioural Skills

Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, prioritise multiple workstreams, and work under time pressure.

Strong interpersonal skills, with capability to communicate complex analysis to traders, leaders, and cross‑functional partners.

Curious, proactive, and able to challenge established thinking with data‑backed insights.

Enterprise mindset—comfortable working across global offices and multiple stakeholders.

Proven ability to identify performance drivers, optimise trading tools, and influence commercial outcomes.

What we offer

• You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet.
• You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another.
• You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values‑led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non‑birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world.
• We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
• We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates.

Shell in The United Kingdom Shell UK remains one of the North Sea’s biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK’s total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell‑branded service stations. In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net‑zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.

Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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