Execution Executive

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Purpose

Execute operations activities for both physical sugar trades for the COFCO INTL Sugar business. Includes the full execution of all aspects of contract management, shipping documentation, co-ordinating with numerous functions and relevant parties to ensure smooth execution of shipment and turnaround of documents.

Key Responsibilities

• Split contracts for ventures (planning of shipments and timely nominations to shippers / VARIOUS ORIGINS)

• Follow through on bulk/break bulk/containments/trucks including loading, discharging and payments

• Ensure accurate and timely invoicing from shippers / VARIOUS ORIGINS

• Timely claims settlements (eg. Laytime calculations/final price less provisional) with shippers / VARIOUS ORIGINS

Key Result Areas

• Timely execution of contracts with target zero claims

• Qualitative documentation and contract execution

• Ensuring contracts are within COFCO International’s risk parameters and flagging them in case they are not

Education, Skills and Experience

• Degree qualified or Diploma with solid and proven work experience.

• Fluent in both written and spoken English

• Required to liaise and collaborate with colleagues based in China, fluency in business mandarin is essential

• At least 2-4 years of hands on experience in all aspects of Contract Execution and associated activities.

• Candidates with experience in sugar trading will have an added advantage or alternatively experience in other agri commodities is also preferred.
• Required to liaise and collaborate with colleagues based in China,fluency in business mandarin is essential.

An understanding of all aspects of the work of a trading company.

In depth knowledge of:

• Contract Terms and Conditions and Governing Rules and Standards under Refined Sugar Assocations/Sugar Associations of London.

• Opening and negotiation of Letters of Credit.

• Letters Of Indemnity

• Charter Parties and container freight booking terms and conditions

• All forms of shipping documents

• Demurrage / Despatch calculations

Core Competencies

• Diplomatic with Strong external /internal customer orientation and ability to work with people of international background

• Very clear and precise communicator both written and spoken

• Good Listener and shares ideas /solutions

• Team player. Seeks involvement and input from other members of the team and ability to work and integrate with other teams.

• Proactive, ability to think ahead to avoid problems. Drives processes and tasks to achieve required results.

• Comes up with resourceful ideas and solutions

• Takes ownership of own decisions and actions – successes and mistakes

• Gives timely, constructive and specific feedback

• Very strong attention to detail

• Highly organized and very methodical

• High level of endurance for file follow up

Tell employers what skills you have

Resourceful Problem-solving
Shipping Documentation
Listener
Ownership
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Timely Delivery
Solutioning
Letter of Credit'' process
Freight Handling
Indemnity
Working alongside Product Teams
Skilled Communicator