Commodity Trader

Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading, and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complemented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair.

Core Services:

• Freight Forwarding
• Clearance & Forwarding
• Energy Industry Support Services
• Equipment Rental
• Commodity Trading
• Integrated Solutions
• Warehousing
• Ocean Freight

Industries:

• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Agriculture
• Construction
• Explosives
• Renewables

Mission: To make Africa work better

Company Values: Humility, Continual Improvement, Honesty, Customer Focus, and Safety.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Full P&L responsibility for the commodity trading portfolio of the Group.
• P&L responsibility includes cash flow management and engagement with the Cash Team and other Finance functions.
• Overall Business Development function relating to Trading.
• Working closely with the Pricing Lead to ensure effective pricing execution for tenders and business development opportunities.
• Identification and development of commercially attractive trading and business opportunities within the Group’s integrated logistics solutions services.
• Maximize profitability related to commodity trading and business development.
• Directly manage and develop direct reports to align with the Group strategy.
• Develop a pipeline of future opportunities relating to the Trading portfolio.
• Overall accountability for the quotation process ensuring accuracy and expediency.
• Accountability for communication and interaction with all departments involved in completing quotations.
• Maintain a competitor analysis to assist strategically and achieve maximum profitability.
• Provide overall leadership to the Trading Team, promoting continual improvement, humility, and safety.

Customer Management:

• Update and maintain customer information and client interaction database.
• Quick resolution of customer issues and queries.
• Initiate communications with internal and external customers to resolve issues or convey information.

Education, Skills & Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary education in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics.
• 3 years’ successful track record in a similar position.
• Mandarin speaking with experience living in China.
• Experience in the Logistics Industry, Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain Management, Mining sector, or Business Development.
• Well organized with good attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, coupled with strong commercial acumen.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to innovate.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Mandarin.

Job Type: Full-time

Application Deadline: 2024/09/10
Expected Start Date: 2025/01/01