Freight Commercial Operator

, United Kingdom

Job Family Group:

Trading Jobs

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

November 3, 2025

Business unit:

Trading and Supply

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

Ensures that crude, oil products, natural gas and chemical feedstocks are delivered to Shell Trading & Supply customers around the world. Includes the efficient running of physical assets while ensuring timely delivery of fuel to Shell customers, a structured approach to optimising molecules in the supply chain, applying knowledge of trading tools and technique as well as commercial acumen, and ensuring Continuous Improvement in the management of our processes. At the same time the management of all physical operations is handled with an uncompromising emphasis on HSSE, Compliance and Product Quality.

What you'll be doing

• Support Freight Trading Strategy for our Time-Charter fleet by adding as much value as possible to the bottom-line whilst maintaining safe and compliant operations
• Conduct all freight operational activities promptly and professionally ensuring that all obligations and requirements under the charter party contract terms are met. This refers both to our external charters and internal business
• Identify and maximize the embedded optionality within charter party agreements (i.e. laycan, demurrage rates, ship space parcelling, ship swaps, backhaul opportunities)
• Ensure the efficient operation of time-chartered vessels including the issuance of voyage orders, the correct preparation of cargo tanks and the issuance of LOIs in accordance with charter party terms and conditions
• Ensure that bunker procurement is optimised in terms of location, cost and grade in close liaison with the freight trader
• Support fleet performance optimisation initiatives to reduce bunker consumption
• Ensure that service provider appointments are made in line with Shell policies and guidelines and expedites turnaround of the vessel
• Liaise with Demurrage & Finance teams to maximise outgoing claims and ensure settlements are fulfilled timely and accurately
• Identify & develop areas for process improvement in freight activities
• Use in-house tools for managing ship operations and records

What you bring

Commercially aware and able to make rapid and accurate decisions, you'll have proven experience in analysing complex issues and managing your demanding workload effectively to ensure deadlines are met. Confident and self-motivated, your excellent interpersonal and communication skills mean you'll be able to liaise effectively with all levels of internal and external stakeholders. You'll also have a thorough understanding of all contractual, license and regulatory obligations in the markets in which Shell operates.

We value the following skills for this role:

• Established experience in handling the commercial aspects of trades/ commercial deals and logistics
• Ability to troubleshoot existing process issues / proactive in continuous improvement
• Experience in managing complex multi-stakeholder needs
• Ability to analyse and simplify complex problems
• Experience in cross-function, cross-business, multinational and cross-cultural teams
• Fluency in English is essential. Additional language skills are an advantage
• Office attendance: min 3 days in the office per week (mandatory)
• Daily working hours may be variable and unpredictable at times including regular out-of-hours contact
• Tankers sailing experience or 1+ years industry experience in Commercial Operations are required

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performancerelated salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, .

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn't feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we'd still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills.

Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell UK remains one of the North Sea's biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK's total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell-branded service stations.

In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.

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