About the role
AI summarisedWe are seeking a highly commercial and results-driven Crude Oil Trader to join our global trading organization. This role is responsible for originating, executing, and managing physical and paper crude transactions across international markets while optimizing value through arbitrage, blending, storage, and derivatives strategies.
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Key Responsibilities
- Execute physical crude trades across regional and international markets, including spot, term, and structured transactions.
- Develop and implement paper trading strategies using futures, swaps, and options to enhance margins and hedge exposure.
- Identify arbitrage opportunities across geographies, grades, logistics systems, and time spreads.
- Build and maintain relationships with producers, refiners, national oil companies, brokers, and shipping counterparts.
- Partner closely with scheduling, operations, risk, and finance teams to ensure flawless trade execution.
- Optimize asset value including storage, and marine logistics where applicable.
- Manage risk within delegated limits and maintain strict compliance with internal governance.
- Generate new business opportunities and expand trading flows in line with company strategy.
- Provide market intelligence and contribute to forward trading views.
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of crude oil trading experience with meaningful physical exposure.
- Demonstrated, verifiable track record of P&L generation and business growth.
- Deep understanding of global crude benchmarks (WTI, Brent, Dubai) and regional market dynamics.
- Strong derivatives knowledge and experience integrating paper and physical strategies.
- Established industry relationships and reputation for execution reliability.
- Advanced commercial judgment with strong analytical capability.
- Bachelor’s degree required.