Traffic Operator

For a leading commodity trading company with its headquarters in Baar/Zug, we wish to recruit a further

Traffic Operator (Zinc/Copper)

This position offers you the opportunity to develop into a frontline operations role within the commodity business.

The main tasks and responsibilities include
- Logistics: Vessel chartering or container shipments in co-operation with our 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 our 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

Qualifications and requirements
- A team player with an independent and flexible work attitude
- Ready to adapt to international practices
- Efficient and well-organized working skills
- Strong analytical skills required
- A person who thinks and acts maturely and is able to take responsibility will fit in well withthe multicultural and entrepreneurial as well as performance driven environment
- A sound educational background (commercial apprenticeship or bachelor)
- 2 - 4 years of working experience, ideally in commodity export/logistics
- Excellent English skills (spoken and written), further languages are of advantage
- Holding a Swiss work permit or passport holder of CH / EU