Traffic Coordinator

Our company is a solid, long-existing base metals trading company in Zug with subsidiaries worldwide. To complete the physical/non-physical Trading team we are looking for a well versed, younger

Traffic Coordinator

Tasks

Key areas Responsibility Traffic Coordinator
- Draft and review sales and purchase contracts - and amendments
- Prepare and submit commercial invoices to receivers/suppliers, organize settlement of invoices in coordination
- Organize container-, truck shipments of concentrates including storage
- Opening and checking of L/C’s for our receivers, requesting amendments and negotiating documents for collection of payment
- Coordinating operations with the local logistics companies/agents, following up daily warehouse transfer reports, stock controls and independent inspections
- Arranging independent supervision of loading and discharging operations as well as weighing, sampling and moisture determination operations
- Providing instructions to the laboratories for assaying and umpire, arranging assay exchanges with suppliers and receivers
- Insuring risks of each transport as well as material in storage
- Monitoring profit and loss calculations
- Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, customers, banks, logistics providers and other stakeholders

within the small team, you will also be responsible for handling / overviewing of risk/ hedging/LME tasks, as:

- Daily handling of metal and FX hedges, including collection of physical pricings and preparation of daily hedge instructions
- Booking contractual pricings and futures trades into the system and maintaining/controlling London Metal Exchange (LME) positions
- Controlling of price risk management by co-ordinating hedge orders, positions and settlements on a daily basis
- Reconciliation of the LME positions on a daily and monthly basis with the broker and issuing daily clearing instructions

**Requirements**:
Personal Qualifications
- 1-3 years of experience in an international environment in Traffic/Logistics and/or LME/Derivatives within the commodities trading industry
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret market data and trends to make informed hedging decisions
- Fluency in English, German is an asset and any further languages (Spanish) are of advantage
- Strong communication and negotiation skills to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across different levels
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities
- Attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving

**Benefits**:
Be a part of a young, committed team and you will find many opportunities to expand your skills and to grow inside the company