Metals, Minerals & Bulk Future Talent Programmes 2012/2013

Open

Direct Entry Roles

Our direct entry roles offer the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals within a specific business area. You will be entering a challenging and stimulating environment and from day one you will be immersed in this fascinating business. An “on-the-job” training programme is coupled with a structured development programme as we seek to equip you with industry knowledge and expand your technical skills to progress your career. These roles offer the chance to make a real contribution at an early stage while receiving the support needed to understand the complexity of the business.

Successful candidates will be educated to degree level (min 2:1 or equivalent) and demonstrate excellent numerical and verbal skills. The ability to communicate fluently in English is essential. Additional languages are an advantage, especially Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.

Business Areas

  • Deals Desk
    Deals Desk Analysts are responsible for removing outright price and spread risk on all our physical businesses by entering into hedges on appropriate derivatives exchanges. Additionally they are responsible for marking all physical trading books against the current market to ensure independent and transparent forward profitability forecasting and clear communication of the market risks within each book to Traders and Senior Management.
  • Operations
    Traffic Operators are responsible for all aspects of executing physical shipments. Responsibilities include but are not limited to logistics, hedging, profit and loss issuance and risk mitigation.
  • Trade Finance
    Trade Finance Operators are responsible for the financing of all Trafigura’s physical non-ferrous business including the timely issuance or receipt of trade finance instruments, whilst developing banking lines, optimising costs and controlling credit and commercial risks.