Barge Charterer

Logistics
- GENEVE-WTC1(CHE)
- Switzerland
- We are looking for our new Barge Charterer to complete our team based in Geneva. The barge Chartering team provides support to Trading, Shipping and Operations divisions by negotiating and finalizing spot barge chartering, bringing their technical and commercial knowledge to ensure safety standards, minimize environmental exposure, optimize chartering and demurrage costs, customs claims and transit losses.**About us**:
**TotalEnergies **has developed a strong expertise in oil and biofuels, natural gas and electricity trading. Trading entities are based in Geneva, Paris, Houston and Singapore.
- Today, thanks to an international openness, a political and economic stability and strong competences in the financing of commodity trading and shipping, Switzerland has a leading position in international commodity trade.
- This is why TotalEnergies installed naturally its European trading hub across oil and biofuels, natural gas and electricity in Geneva, which now bring together very large teams around trading activities:

- **Trading & Shipping (T&S)** and
- ** TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP).**

**T&S** is a trading company in charge of all physical trading and shipping of crude oil and refined products on behalf of the TotalEnergies Company. It has been an active participant all over the supply chain as well as on the derivatives paper market in order to manage the market risk for a long time. ). As such, it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution.**Our Culture**:
We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population and we are committed to the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation. We are fully embracing the digital revolution.
- Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.
- Reinforcing the competencies of our people is a key pillar of our culture: we train our people to ensure their development and we pledge to encourage safety in all our actions.
- We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding industry that requests to be always on the edge, we cultivate a friendly workplace where our people feel good, where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.**What you will do**:

- Analyse need for COA or TC, spontaneously or following proposals from traders or spot charterers, and lead the negotiations with barge companies.
- Monitor spot charters in the technical part, contractual part (usage of GCCs), economical part (benchmarks).
- In case of TC, ensure good utilization of the barge by coordinating between Trading Ops desks, ensure the administration of hire and possible allocation of related costs amongst books is correct.
- Enter concluded voyages into the internal system Medissys, including coherence of Vetting requests for charters and coordinate any needed updating and/or amendments.
- Liaise and visit barge companies used by T&S to monitor the technical/contractual aspects to minimize risk (safety, quality & quantity) during loading and discharging operations, promote TotalEnergies’ safety standards.
- Stay up to date on latest Company HSE developments and international legislation/guidelines/regulations linked with barging in order to bring accurate information and full technical support to trading operators and traders.
- Provide support to the Crisis Management team when necessary.
- Analyse Barge Chartering Economics (constructions/scrapping/trends/forecasts) liaising with brokers, consultants, the Shipping Economics Cell, the ECO Market Analysis team, and other Company entities involved (TEP&R, MS, Vetting, etc )
- Ensure monthly statistical data on barge charters, barge vetting and barge movements for internal use (management and charterers), and some for presentation to third parties (like EBOTA / ADN group)
- Propose, collect and implement initiatives to improve safety & economics on barging operations
- Monitor how the competition is organized in terms of barge chartering, and selection of service providers
- Be one of the contact persons for Price Reporting Agencies (PJK)
- Ensure usage of latest GCC’s in T&S charters

**Context and environment**
- The Barge Chartering team works closely with Products Traders and Trading Operations for the Barge chartering activity. The position requires being mind-flexible and quick in bringing the advice and technical support as the decision taken by trading operators and traders needs to be taken promptly.
- Working in a fast-paced trading environment requires the jobholder to be able to work autonomously as well as