Fri 26 Jan 2018, 09:20 GMT

Monjasa seeks bunker trader in Panama


Deadline date for applications in February 22.


Monjasa logo sign.
Image credit: Monjasa
Bunker Trader (Panama). Deadline: 22 Feb 2018

Monjasa is looking for a Bunker Trader for our trading team in Panama.

Are you a potential Bunker Trader with aspirations to develop in an international bunker company? Do our values of respect, ambition, curiosity, as well as smile and joy appeal to you? Then this is just the right career opportunity for you.

Job description

Monjasa is a leading global partner in the oil and shipping industry who believes strongly in driving Personal Business. We aim to inspire our business partners and become first choice by challenging status quo with our original solutions. We are thus on the lookout for a new colleague who can identify with Monjasa’s values and can cultivate strong relations and engage in networks around the world.

As a Bunker Trader in Panama, you will join a tight-knit team characterized by proactivity, extensive market knowledge and passion for the industry. As the team is relatively small, you will become an integral part of daily social life in the office.

You will start out with back-to-back trading, focusing on sales and purchase of bunker fuel. As you learn the ropes of bunker trading, you will gradually become involved in physical bunker supply operations as well. You will be in contact with supplier and customer networks all over Latin America as you develop original and enterprising solutions.

Areas of focus

- Develop and maintain a solid and stable portfolio of customers and suppliers
- Ensure optimal customer satisfaction by building strong personal relations and providing specialist advice in bunker solutions
- Build and nurture personal relations with our suppliers
- Provide internal support by surveying ports/regions, tracking vessel movements, and coordinating fuel delivery

The ideal candidate - professional skills

- Relevant education
- Experience from the shipping, maritime, or oil industry specially in bunker trading and/or supply is advantageous
- Sales or customer relationship management experience with documented results
- Fluency in written/oral English and willingness to learn Spanish is required

The ideal candidate - personal skills

- Strong at building personal relations and communicating at all levels
- Ability to work both in teams and individually
- Entrepreneurial flair, sees new market opportunities and engaging with business partners as a motivational part of the job
- Flair for numbers, analysis and negotiation

We offer

Monjasa offers an exciting job in a global organisation, where you will be a part of a young and ambitious team. We always strive to be the best team player - and when it comes to us being the preferred working place of our candidates, we might owe it to our excellent working environment, which reflects the company's expectations towards employees: "Expect something more than the usual and perform above average".

At Monjasa, we live our values and offer a fully competitive salary in the market based on your actual qualifications and the job at hand.

About Monjasa

Monjasa is a global partner in the oil and shipping industries. Our core business includes reselling and physical supply of marine fuels, oil terminal operations, agency, and ship-owning activities on a global level.

We are characterized by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and has achieved strong growth on a global scale since our humble start in 2002. Financially, Monjasa is recognized as a very robust business partner and our revenue exceeds USD 1.2 billion in 2016 - or equivalent to 4 million tons of bunker fuels supplied every year. The fleet currently consists of some 20 tankers vessels.

The Monjasa Group also offers pioneering offshore hotel and project services through the C-bed Floating Hotels trade name.

Application

Interviews will be ongoing until the position has been occupied.

We encourage you to read much more about the company, the job application process and some good and valuable advice on how to best position yourself for the open job listing.

We are looking forward to receiving your application.

In case you encounter any problems when uploading your application, please contact HR support Monday to Friday between 8am - 5pm UTC-05:00 on this number: +507 202 5231.

Please click here to apply for the position.


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