Trading Operator

Oman Shell; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/mobile working

Competitive starting salary and annual

Paid parental leave

Diversity and inclusion

Training and development programmes

Job summary

Shell Netherlands, a leading energy company, invites applications for an Operations role within the Trading and Supply context. You will help optimize the execution of the operational plan and collaborate across logistics and manufacturing teams to resolve deviations from the plan.

The role emphasizes data-driven analysis with Salesforce, Power BI, and TMS, alongside HSSE adherence and continuous improvement. Excellent English and a willingness to engage across BeNeLux and Germany are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Maritime Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Shipping.
• Experience in commodity operations or supply chain management.
• English fluency; additional language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the optimized operational plan is executed.
• Collaborate with logistics (marine and land) and manufacturing sites to resolve deviations from plan.
• Develop scenarios to assess feasibility and economic outcomes of supply options during unplanned events.
• Analyze performance data using Salesforce, Power BI, or TMS to drive improvements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements with SMEs.
• Drive disciplined execution and end-to-end planning.
• Adhere to HSSE guidelines and assess HSSE impact on business.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Fluency in English

Multilingual (German/French/Spanish)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Maritime Operations / Supply Chain / Logistics / Shipping

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

Transport Management System (TMS)

Job description

, Netherlands Job Family Group: Downstream Supply Chain, Trading Jobs Worker Type: Regular Posting Start Date: September 16, 2026 Business Unit: Experience Level: Early Careers

Job Description: What’s the role

First things first, a little background: Shell Trading and Supply (T&S) is one of the largest energy trading operations in the world. T&S combines a global network of trading companies, industry-leading shipping and maritime capabilities, and an integrated network of supply and distribution activities for Shell. Through our main trading offices in London, Houston, Singapore, Dubai, and Rotterdam we trade crude oil, natural gas, LNG, electricity, refined products, chemical feedstocks, and environmental products. Within Trading and Supply sits the Operations team providing a seamless alignment between all trading and supply commercial and operational activities, enabling the best commercial decisions to be made and executed on a daily basis. The team is fully focused on Operational Excellence and works closely with the supply teams and help optimize the supply of refined petroleum products in bulk between the upstream refining and downstream marketing organisations within BeNeLux and Germany.

What you’ll be doing This is a fast-paced environment and we’re looking for people that know they can thrive in such business. For this, we don’t just need you to be commercially driven but also effectively use your previous experience, preferably in a similar role.

Other accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assuring the optimized operational plan gets executed.
• Where required work closely with logistics (marine and land) and manufacturing sites to understand and resolve any deviations from plan
• For unexpected events like an unplanned prompt shutdown, develop scenarios to assess feasibility and economic outcomes of various supply options to mitigate supply disruptions and its financial impact
• Analyze performance data (inventory levels, customer lifting, data quality) using available platforms such as salesforce, Power BI or transport management systems TMS, and identify and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives to drive performance and value
• Identify opportunities for improvement of ways of working with subject matter experts (SME)
• Drive and promote disciplined execution among stakeholders, ensuring focus on the end-to-end mindset and value delivery in the planning process
• Act in accordance with Shell's Health Safety Security and Environment (HSSE) guidelines and understand impact of HSSE requirements on own business.
• Proactively monitor customer's HSSE needs and practices

The scope of this position may vary depending on the operational activity assigned per desk.

What you bring

• Strong interpersonal skills along with negotiations and stakeholder management skills are proven assets that you bring to the table.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in the field of Maritime Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics or Shipping.
• Preferably, you have proven experience in commodity operations, supply chain management or a similar operational role.
• Ideally you have some experience with Petroleum and/or renewable products.
• Fluency in English along with proficiency in another language like German, French or Spanish is a plus.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that not everyone applies when they don’t feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

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.

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• 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.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Shell in The Netherlands

The Netherlands is one of the two founding countries of the company. Here 9,380 employees (March 2024) of more than 100 nationalities jointly work to provide the country with energy for today, for tomorrow and for you.

Energy for today The refinery at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam (Pernis) - Europe’s largest - is facing a cleaner future with less carbon emissions. Chemicals Park Moerdijk is transitioning to a circular future. Shell operates multiple wind and solar farms in the Netherlands. Both onshore and offshore, Shell is exploring for and producing oil and gas via the Nederlandsche Aardolie Maatschappij, NAM (50% Shell, 50% ExxonMobil). Shell is the market leader in transport fuels. Dutch motorists take 3 billion litres of fuel from 570 Shell retail stations (May 2024) annually, while thousands of Shell's own fast EV charge points and Shell Ubitricity normal charge points are being installed as we speak.

Energy for tomorrow At the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA), research is conducted into low CO2 energy technologies and sustainable solutions for energy and chemicals. Near Rotterdam Shell builds Europe's biggest green hydrogen plant of the continent. From Amsterdam and The Hague, Shell Nederland leads the transition of the corporation to a more sustainable future, with 6.5 billion euros invested in solar panels, wind farms, green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, EV charging and other groundbreaking solutions for the future.

Energy for you Even after the company HQ moved to London in January 2022, Shell's commitment to the Netherlands remains very strong. The Hague still housing the headquarters of three of Shell's business divisions, and Rotterdam stays a key trading, marketing and sales hub for Shell products. Combined Shell in the Netherlands works to bring its wide range of energy products as close as possible to you as an energy consumer. This includes a Shell Impact Fund to make the energy transition closer to people with financial challenges, this includes EV chargers on the corner of your street via our daughter company Ubitricity and this includes keeping the country warm in winter with Liquid Natural Gas.

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You can be a part of the future of energy. Together at Shell, we are transitioning to become a net-zero emissions business while providing the energy that people around the world need today.

Working with experienced colleagues , you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills, in an environment where we value honesty, integrity and respect for one another. At Shell, you progress as we tackle the energy challenge together.

Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies, a place where everyone – from our employees to our customers, partners and suppliers – feels valued, respected, and has a strong sense of belonging. Find out more about DE&I at Shell Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 96,000 people across more than 70 countries. Whether they work on our platforms and pipelines, or in our offices and research labs, people are key to our success. They collectively determine our culture and we expect them to behave according to our values: honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Learn more about our purpose and strategy

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