Crude Oil Trader

**The Role**:
**Company description**
As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork, and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.
Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners. A diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are vital to our success, leading to greater innovation and better energy solutions.
- An innovative place to work_
There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.
Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future - whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.
- A rewarding place to work_
Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.
We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.
**Where you fit it**
A crude trader day typically starts with catching up on trading related news, market prices and a review of publications before attending a crude oil global market review meeting. This provides an overview of the trading networks exposure, market views and current trading activities.
Crude traders spend considerable time interfacing with Producers and other 3rd parties (buyers, sellers, intermediaries, other majors, governments, etc.). This includes time on the telephone gathering market information, keeping abreast of trades that occur and executing trades. It also involves regular meetings with third parties to discuss the crude oil markets, business opportunities and market views. Regular business travel to meet customers will be an important part of the job.
**Crude Trader Oil**
**What is the role?**
Trading involves the analysis of market data, e.g., moves in outright oil prices, geopolitical developments, economic data, and their impact on the teams trading activity. It is primarily about maximizing the team’s profitability by taking considered risks in the physical, freight and derivative markets and by being able to respond rapidly to any changes in the dynamic of these markets.
You will be responsible for negotiating and executing profitable trades.
In doing so, you will:
- Become the “Single Market Interface” for all Brazilian refineries. This will mean that you will need to develop close relationships with the local refineries, understand their refinery profile and buying patterns to maximize STN sale volumes and profitability
- Manage the relationship with all onshore producers, looking to secure both spot and term barrels that can supply domestic refineries
- Work closely with SWST LATAM traders when it comes to evaluating arbitrage between domestic and international markets for both equity and 3rd party barrels
- Manage financial exposure generated by physical flows
- Develop trading strategies
- Identifying trading opportunities and assist in trading strategy formulation
- Work with associated operations and contracts groups to secure the most cost-effective trading support services and back office
- Gathering valuable market and competitive intelligence
- Work with the chartering team to ensure shipping, where applicable, is arranged at optimal cost
**Requirements**:
**What we need from you**
- Must have legal authorization to work in the Brazil on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
- Minimum of five to ten (5 - 10) years of experience in trading, commercial, gas and oil, banking, power, or any work-related field
- Bachelor's degree in any related field is required
- Has an excellent analytical/numerical and interpersonal skills and capable of contributing to the team ethos
- Significant experience in physical and paper trading with existing accountability to a PnL
- Well versed in Math or numbers
- Must be fluent in Portuguese and English
- Can work under tight deadlines, conflicting pressures, and often long hours
- Ability to contribute to this objective and to constantly improve personal and team performance
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