Required Experience & Competencies
- Strong understanding of international trade operations, products and customer service, gained through recent, direct desk-level exposure.
- Hands-on experience managing physical trade transactions end-to-end.
- Strong working knowledge of Letters of Credit (LCs), banking and trade finance processes.
- Hands-on exposure to customs, import/export documentation, regulatory requirements and international logistics.
- Experience designing and implementing improved operational processes and procedures.
- Proven team management and people-development experience.
- Strong customer orientation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Strong problem-solving and timely decision-making capabilities.
- Collaborative working style with multicultural and geographically distributed teams.
Preferred Industry Background
Experience within a trading house is strongly preferred, particularly from:
- Steel / Metals Trading
- Steel Mills / Steel Operations
- Commodities Trading
- International Physical Trading
Direct steel or metals trading experience is highly preferred.
Education
Bachelor s degree in Finance, International Trade, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent qualification.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate combines operations leadership with genuine hands-on trade execution experience. They should be equally comfortable leading a team and personally executing transactions involving contracts, LCs, customs documentation, banking and logistics.
Candidates whose recent experience has been primarily managerial or strategic, without current hands-on trade execution exposure, may not be suitable.
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