LPG Trader

Overview

Responsibilities

• Trade physical LPG cargoes across spot and term markets, identifying and executing profitable trading and arbitrage opportunities.
• Develop and manage LPG trading strategies across physical and paper markets, with clear accountability for risk and value creation.
• Identify and monetize optionality across cargoes, locations, timing, specifications, logistics and freight.
• Assess global LPG fundamentals, trade flows, supply and demand dynamics, pricing structures and regional arbitrage economics to develop actionable trading views.
• Understand and actively manage the relationship between LPG and related markets, including naphtha, gasoline and other relevant products.
• Take an active role in the chartering of vessels required for LPG trading activities, integrating freight strategy directly into trading decisions and cargo economics.
• Evaluate vessel availability, freight rates, voyage economics, positioning, laycans, terminal constraints, demurrage exposure and other shipping considerations when assessing and executing trades.
• Work closely with shipbrokers, owners, operators and internal stakeholders to negotiate and execute commercially competitive freight solutions.
• Evaluate the full economics of physical transactions, including commodity value, freight, terminal costs, operational constraints and associated risks before committing to trades.
• Participate in commercial negotiations from opportunity identification through contractual agreement, chartering, execution, loading and delivery.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with LPG producers, suppliers, customers, trading counterparties, shipowners, brokers and other relevant market participants.
• Anticipate and evaluate the impact of trading decisions from a market risk, credit, operational, shipping and financial perspective.

Requirements

• University degree in a relevant discipline such as Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of proven front-office LPG trading experience.
• Deep understanding of physical LPG markets, global trade flows, pricing structures, arbitrage economics and market fundamentals.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of LPG shipping and chartering.
• Strong understanding of the interaction between commodity and freight economics.
• Established commercial network across relevant LPG counterparties and, ideally, shipowners and brokers.
• Strong understanding of trading, operational and contractual risks.
• High standards of integrity, with a strong commitment to compliance, safety and responsible trading.
• Fluent English is essential; additional languages are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel when required.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, commercial and negotiation skills and a proven ability to create value.
• Highly autonomous and decisive, with strong communication and collaboration skills across Trading, Operations, Shipping and support functions.
• Ability to make sound decisions in fast-moving and volatile markets.

Benefits

• TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual development and offers equal employment opportunities to all candidates.