Senior and Junior Traffic Operator

We are looking for motivated

Senior and Junior Traffic Operator

to join our customer, a successfully operating commodity trading company Headquartered in Zug.

This position offers you the opportunity to develop into a frontline operations role within the commodity business. The successful candidate will be responsible for all operational tasks of a contract / shipment, including supplier contract negotiation, sales contract negotiation through to final payments and closing the contracts.

The main tasks and responsibilities include:

• Logistics: Vessel chartering or container shipments in co-operation with the chartering team, organizing rail, truck and air transport or releasing of material in warehouse
• Bank contacts – Letters of Credit (L/Cs): Opening of and checking of L/C’s for suppliers and receivers, requesting amendments and negotiating documents for collection of payment
• Hedging: Calculation of metal quantities and foreign currency amounts to be priced
• Contact to clients/field offices: Correspondence on availability of material in production, transit and in stock; documentation, invoicing, payments, client exposure control and claim handling
• Insurance: Insuring risks of each transport as well as material in storage

You are/have

• a team player with an independent and flexible work attitude
• efficient, have well-organized working and strong analytical skills
• a sound educational background (commercial apprenticeship or bachelor)
• some years of working experience, ideally in commodity export/logistics