BUNKER JOBS: Ipiranga Seeks Bunker Trader in Brazil

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Tuesday June 11, 2024

Brazilian fuels firmĀ Ipiranga is seeking to hire a bunker trader in Sao Paolo.

The company is looking for candidates with fluent English, experience in the fuels industry and a degree in engineering, mathematics, finance or economics, it said in a job advertisement on Tuesday.

The advertisement lists the following responsibilities for the role:

  • Prospect and develop a portfolio of clients for the Maritime Segment;
  • Responsible for pricing sales in the local market;
  • Maintain and develop relationships with refineries and suppliers;
  • Coordinate asset programming with the operations department;
  • Develop local and strategic partnerships for long-term business development;
  • Negotiate volumes of petroleum products to supply the IPP network and operations with third parties;
  • Draw up daily diagnosis of the local market, proposing anticipation of strategic movements;
  • Participate in decision-making regarding product originations;
  • Participate in forums with the Trading Intelligence team;
  • Manage the P&L of the physical operation with the company's stakeholders;
  • Suggest alternative logistics flows based on opportunities for new product originations;
  • Develop studies of new projects with other areas of the company;
  • Generate value for Trading by holding opportunities with the development of new customers/suppliers;
  • Monitor the international market for daily monitoring of the best supply source, indicating optimization for execution whenever operationally possible;
  • Update with market information, understanding local supply/demand scenarios and information in alignment with the trading intelligence area;
  • Analyze strategies with the derivatives team to capture opportunities (suggestions for hedging strategies to support the commercialization of products)

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