Contract Management Specialist

• Keeping a high understanding of Peninsula’s global setup, trading dynamics and developments.
• Monitoring market behaviours, performing analysis of products, ports and other economic factors (Global supply/demand, availability, arbitrage, competitors, developments, news) 
• Developing internal strategies, financial analysis, commercial solutions and opportunity & synergy detection. 
• Managing the contract portfolio in order to monitor its performance and optimize its profitability 

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the differentials exposure generated of sales contracts. 
• Set up and monitor quoting procedures (validity, volume tolerances, overnight, cancellations…) 
• Promote and quote term contracts. 
• Perform market analysis for the team to support the business strategy. 
• Have a good understand of the structured products Peninsula offers. 
• Adhere to all procedures/processes & policies with regard to usage of Company information systems, including CRM, trading platform, etc. 
• Put in place and help improve current procedures. 
• Buy side supply contracts creation. 
• Sales contract Cancelations & amendments helpdesk 
• Account statement performance 
• Mismatch contract payment Management 
• Develop partnership with Supply Desks & IDS to take advantage of competitors favourable prices 

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Strong knowledge of Financial Instruments – derivatives, futures, forex, freights, interest rates 
• Financial risk management: Differentials, Structure, swaps and futures: behaviour, methodology, rights and obligations 
• Business level of English language essential
• Confident individual with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Persuasive and influential by nature, a highly effective negotiator able to ‘think on your feet’. 
• High level of ownership and accountability
• Ability to swiftly express key information to facilitate line manager / Regional Head decision making. 
• High level of commercial acumen, able to think analytically and strategically and understand the wider business context. 
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a team and towards shared goals but equally able to work independently with a minimal level of supervision. 
• Ambitious, self-motivated and demonstrating a willingness to continually develop own knowledge and skills. 
•  High level of computer literacy including proficiency of MS Office package and able to work with CRM systems 

•  Shipping Industry knowledge 
• Commodity trading experience 
• Knowledge of other languages