Operations and Logistics Manager

**Overview**

Come discover why Tricon has been certified as a Great Place to Work® The award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Tricon. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention, and increased innovation.

About us: Tricon is an industry leader in the global commodity trade and distribution market. In our 26+ years in business, we have grown to become one of the largest privately held companies in Houston, TX, USA, and recognized as the 2nd largest chemical distributor in the world. Our diverse team spans 25+ offices worldwide, adding value by providing logistic, risk management, financing, and market intelligence services. We strive to enhance international commerce through the physical movement and marketing of industrial petrochemicals, polymers, fuels, and raw materials, allowing our suppliers and customers to focus on their core business.

Our greatest asset has been, and will always be, our people We are looking for a motivated individual to fill the full-time position (100%) of **Operations and Logistics - Fertilizer & Sulphur **in our office in Zurich.

We offer a hybrid-work schedule along with tremendous room for development within a growing team and company.

**Responsibilities**
- Coordination of operations of Fertilizers and Sulphur book _
- Managing the day-to-day operations of the Fertilizers and Sulphur book
- Overall control of the shipments and execution of the contracts:

- Coordinating with the operations team
- Credit / Risk exposures /Cargo release control
- Preventing/Mitigating of the issues
- Claims management
- Maintaining book positions list
- Contract execution and execution control together with the operational team:_
- Daily contact with operational personnel, producers, customers, warehouses, agents, and field offices as required
- Co-ordinating of vessels - instructing and following-up from loading to discharging ports
- Issuing documentary instructions to contract supplier; ensuring invoicing of and payment of cargoes, monitoring accounts receivables
- Negotiating customers L/Cs with our finance department/LC department and banks and effecting collection of payments
- Organizing and controlling deliveries and presenting of documents
- Post-fixture operations and laytime settlements
- Logistics and business development_
- Develop new logístical routes and operations:

- Organize bulk (vessel and train), container, truck shipments of sulfur and fertilizer products: cargo packing, cargo loading, cargo discharge, transportation itself, transshipment, storage
- Co-ordinating with service providers - forwarders, shipping agents, warehouses, surveyors: screening locations, preparing service agreements, arranging payments for services, controlling quality of services.
- 5+ years’ experience in international logistics (preferably dry bulk commodity related)
- Working knowledge of shipping (primarily bulk shipping and containers), charter parties, laytime calculation
- Working knowledge of Letters of Credit / documentary collections
- Fluency in English; proficient communication skills both written and verbal
- MS Office computer fluency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Time Management, Stress Management/Composure.
- Flexibility and Ambition (flexible work hours, taking up new tasks, taking ownership of the work performed)
- Technical Capacity (attention to detail, knowledge of commodity logistics terminology and processes)
- Salary and benefits commensurate with experience._
- Equal Opportunity Employer._