Operator, Logistics

About Javelin

Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm with head offices in London and wider global offices in New York, Dallas, San Diego, St Louis, Canada, Switzerland, Poland, Dubai, India, Singapore, China and Australia. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across 100 countries and six continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, softs, and renewables.

Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 200 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic.  Our success over the years has been built on our guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.

Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Javelin has a dedicated strategy to support local and meaningful charities through volunteer days, donation matching, a ‘give as you earn’ scheme and other fundraising activities. We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and organise various social evenings, sports clubs and lunchtime activities. Discover more at http://www.javelincommodities.com/.

The Role

Logistic Operation overseeing the front to back execution of physical metal and metal concentrate trades, including warrant deliveries to/ cancellation from exchanges, OTC bilateral physical metal/metal concentrate purchase/sales.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Execute shipments on Ocean going Freight with reference to purchase/sale contracts and Charterparty terms
• Be responsible for inland logistics (mine to port and port to end user)
• Make sure scheduling system is up to date and accurately reflect positions/inventory
• Liaise with document teams/legal to make sure contracts are accurate from a logistics perspective
• Appoint and liaise with agents/labs/surveyors for smooth running of shipments
• Produce and settle laytime calculations for cargos
• Be responsible for documentation of cargos and to prepare invoices for same in a timely fashion
• Take responsibility for reporting of programme and respond to ad-hoc queries from the trading desk

Skills and Experience Required:

• Ideal candidate will have at least 3 years’ experience in refined metal operations or metal concentrate operations, or dry bulk cargo operations, including Coal/ Iron Ore
• Experiences with warrant delivery / warrant cancellation with metal exchanges preferred.
• Educated to a Graduate level with a minimum Upper Second-Class Honours in a related subject degree
• A strong proactive work ethic with a desire to drive tasks to completion is also required
• Willing to be “hands on” and not be afraid to getting your “hands dirty”
• Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate globally at all levels
• Able to work both in a team and remotely on their own, be organised and efficient

• Private Health Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Income Protection
• Life Insurance