01FEB2019 - JOB - Bunker Trader (Panama) - Monjasa

Job description
Monjasa is a leading global partner in the oil and shipping industry who believes strongly in driving Personal Business. We aim to inspire our business partners and become first choice by challenging status quo with our original solutions. We are thus on the lookout for a new colleague who can identify with Monjasa’s values, can cultivate strong relations and engage in networks around the world.

As our new Bunker Trader in Panama, you will join a tight-knit team characterized by proactivity, extensive market knowledge and passion for the industry. Our trading team in Panama works in close collaboration with our sister office in Stamford, USA and all together they are a team of seven traders covering the Americas. Furthermore, your role will also be in close dialogue with our global offices and customers on supply in Americas.   
Our culture and atmosphere in the office are very professional and informal at the same time, and we highly value smile and joy at work. Thus, we expect you to become an integral part of daily social life in the office.
You will start out with back-to-back trading, focusing on sales and purchase of bunker fuel. As you learn the ropes of bunker trading, you will gradually become involved in physical bunker supply operations as well. You will be in contact with supplier and customer networks all over America as you develop original and enterprising solutions.
 
Areas of focus

• Develop and maintain a solid and stable portfolio of customers and suppliers
• Ensure optimal customer satisfaction by building strong personal relations and providing specialist advice in bunker solutions
• Liaising with key accounts on orders and physical supply coordination
• Build and nurture personal relations with our suppliers
• Provide internal support by surveying ports/regions, tracking vessel movements, and coordinating fuel delivery
• Communicate and coordinate with global offices on inquiries, orders and coordination of supply in Americas

Your professional skills

• Relevant education
• Experience from the shipping, maritime, or oil industry especially in bunker trading and/or supply is advantageous
• Sales or customer relationship management experience with documented results
• Fluent in written/oral English

Your personal skills

• Strong at building personal relations and communicating at all levels
• Ability to work both in teams and individually
• Entrepreneurial flair, sees new market opportunities and engaging with business partners as a motivational part of the job
• Driven, passionate and determined about your role
• Flair for numbers, analysis and negotiation

Monjasa as a workplace
Monjasa offers you a fulfilling career in a global organisation, where you will be part of a dynamic and ambitious team. We enjoy great learning opportunities and are proud of our fantastic work environment. With “Monjasa means personal business” as the headline to our corporate purpose, this serves as the guiding principle for our business. You will also find that we live and breathe our values of Respect, Ambition, Curiosity and Smile & Joy. All four values and our corporate purpose are anchored in how we work together and reflect our company DNA.

Monjasa at a glance
Monjasa is a global partner in the oil and shipping industries. Our core business includes reselling and physical supply of marine fuels, oil terminal operations and ship-owning activities on a global level.
We are characterised by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and have achieved strong growth on a global scale since our start in 2002. Financially, Monjasa is recognised as a robust business partner and total revenue exceeded USD 1.4 billion in 2017 - or equivalent to 3.5 million tons of marine fuels supplied. The fleet currently consists of some 20 tankers.

To know more and apply visit - https://monjasa.com/careers/vacancies/americas/bunker-trader