With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The broad service spectrum offered by the materials experts enables customers to focus on their individual core business. The area of Materials Services spans two strategic areas: global materials distribution as one-stop-shop from steel and stainless steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A highly efficient logistics system ensures that all requested services are smoothly integrated into customer production processes just-in-time or just-in-sequence.

thyssenkrupp Materials NA is a subsidiary of the internationally operating thyssenkrupp Group. Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, thyssenkrupp Materials NA is a leading provider of production materials and integrated service solutions with almost 2,900 employees and more than 95 locations in North America. With annual sales of $2.9 billion, the company is focused on value-added processing and distribution of a full line of aluminum, stainless, copper, brass, specialty metals, steel, and plastics products. Supply chain management, transportation and logistics, and production support outsourcing solutions are among the many services provided to customers. Business units include Copper and Brass Sales, Engineered Plastics, Ken-Mac Metals, OnlineMetals, thyssenkrupp Steel Services, thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services, and thyssenkrupp Materials de Mexico.

Summary of Position:

thyssenkrupp Materials Trading North America is one of the leading commodity trading organizations worldwide. Our experienced trading team has an established global network. We trade an extensive range of metals, ferrous products, and raw materials serving a variety of industries.

thyssenkrupp materials trading North America is looking for an experienced metals trader to join their growing team. The role has exposure to both physical and derivative markets. To be successful you should be curious, resilient, have a growth mindset, the ability to adapt to change, and a team spirit.

Responsibilities:

• Sourcing and selling physical commodities
• Builds and expands a strong network of relationships with customers and global suppliers
• Negotiate logistics and financing with suppliers
• Manage physical and derivative risk positions, including hedging through exchanges such as the LME
• Identify new ways to grow the business while developing new stakeholder relationships and helping to refine overarching market strategy
• Formulates commercial proposals to counterparts taking into consideration competitors, market dynamics, company positioning, and the short/long term strategy
• Manages relationships of key stakeholders including customers, suppliers, internal operations, and senior management
• Analyzes macro and micro market data to make commercial decisions
• Identifies and capitalizes on global arbitrage opportunities
• Communicates market information and updates to peers and trading team
• Travels to clients and industry functions (20-40%)
• Ensure operations conform with internal, legal, and federal regulations

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirement for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

Your profile:

• Ability to be self-directed
• Ability to cope with change, make decisions, and act comfortably with risk and uncertainty
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Understanding of the fundamentals of metals trading and hedging
• 5 years of experience required as a trader; 8 years of experience preferred
  • Experience should be with base metals, bulks, solid fuels, minor metals, ferroalloys, or other related commodities. Previous physical exposure a plus.
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in a business discipline or other related field
• Transferable book of a business a plus but not necessary
• Ability to travel internationally

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