Trader, LNG

Petrochina; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in Singapore seeks an experienced LNG Trader responsible for analyzing market trends, executing trading strategies, and maintaining customer relationships. The ideal candidate should hold a Master’s degree and have significant experience in LNG trading, with a strong grasp of commodity trading markets. Competitive salary with opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the natural gas industry.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in physical LNG trading.
• Knowledge of physical commodity trading markets and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze market and price trends to formulate trading strategies.
• Maintain daily communication with customers to identify trading opportunities.
• Work closely with contract and risk-control teams to ensure contract execution.

Skills

Trading knowledge

Supply chain management

LNG trading

Numerical and analytical skills

Organizational skills

Education

Master’s degree in Economics, Business, or Management Science and Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Analyze market and price trends, provide trading ideas based on changes in our own positions, and formulate trading strategies through joint discussion within the spot trading team, followed by executing specific transactions.
• Maintain daily communication with customers to identify trading opportunities and market movements. Formulate trading intentions based on the group company’s supply–demand situation as well as our own physical inventory and positions. Negotiate key terms such as price, cargo source, shipping schedule, cargo volume, and contract flexibility to reach agreements.
• Match physical cargos according to procurement and sales contract requirements, monitor price trends, and optimize resource allocation by fully utilizing cargo-volume and shipping-schedule flexibility.
• Work closely with contract, risk-control, and operations teams to ensure smooth contract execution, and handle issues related to loading ports, unloading ports, shipping schedules, and logistics.
• Monitor logistics activities such as shipping and storage, and make appropriate shipping and storage arrangements based on price trends.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Economics, Business, or Management Science and Engineering.
• Trading knowledge, supply chain management, LNG trading.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the natural gas industry.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in physical LNG trading.
• Knowledge of physical commodity trading markets and organizations (LNG, physical gas, or oil).
• Detailed knowledge of the LNG market.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to effectively prioritize tasks and work under pressure.

Please write in with a full resume, present and expected salary, contact telephone number(s) and any other relevant information to:

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We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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