Freight Trader

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What role you will play in our team

The current opportunity is for experienced Freight Trader/s covering either the Specialized or Inland Barging desks to join our Global Freight Trading Team, based in Central London.

We offer an excellent remuneration and benefits package, which includes a competitive salary, defined benefit pension scheme, share incentive plan and private health care for employees and their families.

The closing date for this role is 1st March 2026.

What you will do

As a Freight Trader within ExxonMobil you will play a key role in the Global Trading organization. You will be responsible for developing and executing freight strategies that maximize value across ExxonMobil’s portfolio.

Acting as a key interface with the freight market you will deliver trading solutions and work closely with Operations and Analytics teams to evaluate commercial opportunities and manage portfolio risk. The role requires close collaboration with traders across our Clean Products and Chemicals & Specialties businesses to support integrated trading outcomes.

The key deliverables include:

• Developing commercial strategies for in and out-chartering vessels as required.
• Seeking out and developing value accretive opportunities within the physical Freight Trading space.
• Optimizing the utilisation of our portfolio of Time Charter vessels to minimse cost.
• Leveraging your knowledge, experience and contacts to support the development of our Freight Trading organisation.
• Advising our Trading teams on how to utilise Freight Trading strategies to gain competitive advantage and create value.
• Providing insights to our Analytics team to continuously improve our forecasts and decision making.
• Ensuring all Freight Trading activities are in compliance with internal risk governance policies/procedures, and is accurately captured in reporting infrastructure

About You

To be eligible for this role, you must:

• Be educated to Degree level (or equivalent) in a numeric discipline e.g. Engineering, Science, Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics (or relevant work experience underpinned by strong P&L performance).
• Have previous Freight Trading experience, focused predominantly on:
  • Evaluating, optimizing and trading physical and or paper freight in global markets.
• Have a demonstrable track record in the freight market including new opportunity development.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to establish broker/asset contacts to generate new business opportunities.
• Have a track record of positive P&L generation.
• Possess a strong understanding of risk management principles and tools.
• Have strong commercial acumen, an entrepreneurial mind-set, analytical/IT skills, and take accountability for your results and contributions to the team.
• Possess a broad range of personal effectiveness and leadership skills, with the ability to facilitate and influence business decisions in a multi-cultural team environment.
• Have fluent English language skills (written and spoken), with additional language skills being desirable.

Your Benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designated to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Defined Benefit Pension scheme
• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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Conditions of Employment
Successful candidates will be made a conditional offer of employment. The conditions include, but are not limited to: a satisfactory criminal records disclosure; satisfactory employment references over five years (where applicable); verification of qualifications, including any professional accreditation stated in the application; completion of a pre-employment medical, including a test for illicit or unprescribed drugs in accordance with the Company's safety policies; and the legal right to work on the agreed commencement date.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
ExxonMobil and its United Kingdom subsidiary companies, Esso Petroleum Company, Limited, and ExxonMobil Chemical Limited, are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. All applicants are offered equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities during our recruitment processes, therefore, please contact the Recruitment Team if you wish to discuss any particular requirements to enable you to complete our recruitment process.

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