Head of Freight Trading

6 months ago


Swindon, United Kingdom RWE Supply & Trading Full time

**Head of Freight Trading M/F/t**:

- **Location(s)**:

- Swindon, Wiltshire, GB, SN5 6PB

**RWE Supply & Trading GmbH**

**To start as soon as possible, full time / part time, permanent**

**Your future plans**
The Freight Trading Desk is responsible for managing RWE Supply and Trading’s (RWEST) dry bulk freight exposure. The desk operates a proprietary physical and financial trading book within RWEST, which includes a portfolio of long term forward physical positions.
- You will be responsible for managing a successful commercial team of 8 people, located in the UK and Singapore. Supporting their personal, and team development.
- You will have the management and ownership of the risk taking strategies within the freight trading team. Taking responsibility for the team Profit and Loss as part of a wider trading team, and maximising the profits.
- Supporting the existing freight analysis and expanding it for the benefit of the team and RWEST.
- Working closely with other commercial, and non-commercial RWEST team members to encourage comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the freight trading business.
- Managing relationships with various counterparties across the globe and across various cross-sections of the shipping business Representing RWEST and the Freight Trading team’s best interests internally and externally.**Your powerful skills**
- Excellent listening, communicating and team work skills - able to build strong relationships with team members, internal departments and external counterparties.
- Detailed understanding of the financial and physical freight trading market, with 5+ years freight risk taking experience.
- Ability to lead from the front, and empower others to lead.
- Comfortable making important decisions in high pressure environments, as well as delegating decision making responsibilities to others.
- Strong risk assessment awareness and experience.
- Fluent in the full trade life cycle of different structured physical freight deals.
- Good understanding of spot and forward markets, liquidity, an appreciation of risk and its measures, volatility, arbitrage, swaps, options, counterparty credit and contract issues.

**Advantageous, but not a must**
- Existing senior relationships in the freight physical, and financial market. Knowledge of Endur and IMOS risk and freight reporting systems.What we value most is passion, willingness to learn and a determined and resilient work ethic. So, even if you think you do not yet display all of the skills above we would still like to hear from you.

**Our offer**
We really appreciate you going the extra mile and using every ounce of energy when the heat is on. That’s why we want to make your time with us as enjoyable as possible. At RWE Supply & Trading we value our employees and strive to create a supportive and inclusive work environment. With a range of competitive benefits, we not only offer excellent development prospects and an attractive remuneration package, but also take care of your well-being and understand that life-work integration is essential. Also our offer includes the following perks:

- Join an international leading energy trading house which is in a period of growth
- Find yourself in a motivating workplace that is built on mutual trust, values and a feedback culture with a positive and inspiring working atmosphere
- Competitive terms of employment, excellent benefit program, and a discretionary bonus scheme
- Room for new ideas and creativity, as well as the possibility to pursue own targets Great team work, support and openness, visibility and recognition of own workWe look forward to meeting you

Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing, too.

**About RWE Supply & Trading GmbH**

RWE Supply & Trading is the interface between RWE and the energy markets around the world. Around 2,000 employees from over 70 different countries trade electricity, gas, commodities and CO2 emission allowances. The trading entity also ensures the commercial optimisation of RWE’s power plant dispatch and markets electricity from RWE.



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