Senior Trading Management Specialist

Job Purpose

As a Senior Trading Management Specialist, you will serve as a key business partner to the Head of Trading. Your primary focus will be driving business performance, strategic planning, management reporting, and organizational initiatives. In this role, you will provide critical commercial insights, facilitate cross-functional alignment, and manage selected trading activities to strengthen overall business performance and commercial capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Support business planning, trading strategy development, and commercial initiatives using market intelligence, business analytics, portfolio reviews, and new business opportunity assessments.
• Performance Reporting: Lead trading performance reporting and analysis across all trading businesses to provide management insights on volumes, profitability, market positioning, and KPIs.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate activities across trading, operations, logistics, finance, risk, and overseas entities to deliver commercial objectives and strategic priorities.
• Executive Presentations: Prepare management reports, business reviews, and executive presentations for senior management, shareholders, and governance committees.
• Trading Execution: Execute and manage selected low-risk trading activities (including simple back-to-back transactions, market assessments, and commercial initiatives) to build trading experience within established guidelines and controls.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, International Business, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 8–10 years of experience in trading, commercial, business planning, market analysis, performance management, supply chain, or related functions.
• Industry experience within oil, energy, commodity trading, refining, logistics, or commercial sectors is highly preferred.
• Functional experience in management reporting, executive presentations, and cross-functional stakeholder management.

Competencies & Skills

• Analytical Thinking: Strong skills in business planning, data translation, and turning analysis into actionable insights.
• Communication: Excellent presentation and communication skills, with proficiency in management reporting and performance analysis.
• Technical Tools: High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and modern data analytics tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Market Exposure: Prior exposure to international trading environments, trading economics, or strategic initiatives.
• Language Skills: Proficiency in both written and spoken Thai is an added advantage.