Job Description
Join RecruitPedia Pte Ltd as a Senior Bunker Trader (Customer Trader) and lead strategic bunker trading for a portfolio of blue-chip maritime customers. Based in Singapore's Central Region, you will combine market insight with relationship management to deliver reliable fuel supply, optimize margins, and ensure outstanding service.
In this senior trading role, you will own end-to-end customer engagements—from needs assessment and pricing to delivery coordination and post-trade analysis. You will work closely with sales, logistics, and risk teams to execute trades that balance profitability with risk controls.
As a trusted advisor to shipowners and operators, you will build long-term partnerships, understand vessel schedules, and respond quickly to market shifts. Your analytical mindset will help you interpret price curves, freight rates, and refinery outputs to recommend the best bunkering options for each voyage.
We value proactive communication, data-driven decision making, and a continuous improvement mindset. If you thrive in a fast-paced trading environment and want to make a measurable impact on revenue and service quality, this is the role for you.
What you will do
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key bunker customers; identify opportunities to expand share of wallet.
- Analyze market data, price curves, and supply dynamics to propose competitive bunkering options.
- Execute bunker trades in accordance with risk policies, credit limits, and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with operations and logistics to ensure timely delivery, accurate invoicing, and problem resolution.
- Monitor trade performance, margins, and risk exposures; prepare performance reports for management.
- Negotiate terms with suppliers and counterparties to secure favorable pricing and reliable supply.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes, pricing strategies, and customer experience.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key bunker customers; identify opportunities to expand share of wallet.
- Analyze market data, price curves, and supply dynamics to propose competitive bunkering options.
- Execute bunker trades in accordance with risk policies, credit limits, and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with operations and logistics to ensure timely delivery, accurate invoicing, and problem resolution.
- Monitor trade performance, margins, and risk exposures; prepare performance reports for management.
- Negotiate terms with suppliers and counterparties to secure favorable pricing and reliable supply.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes, pricing strategies, and customer experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Maritime Studies, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of bunker trading or relevant commodity trading experience.
- Proven track record of managing customer relationships and driving revenue growth.
- Strong analytical skills, market awareness, and risk management capabilities.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills in English.
- Proficiency with trading systems, CRM/ERP software, Excel, and data analysis tools.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced trading environment and handle end-to-end trade execution.
- Eligibility to work in Singapore (Singaporean or valid work visa).