Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. Trafigura sources, stores, transports and delivers a range of raw materials (including oil and refined products and metals and minerals) to clients around the world. The trading business is supported by industrial and financial assets, including 49.3 percent owned global oil products storage and distribution company Puma Energy; global terminals, warehousing and logistics operator Impala Terminals; Trafigura's Mining Group; and Galena Asset Management.

The Company is owned by around 600 of its 4,300 employees who work in 66 offices in 38 countries around the world. Trafigura has achieved substantial growth over recent years, growing revenue from USD12 billion in 2003 to USD180.7 billion in 2018. The Group has been connecting its customers to the global economy for more than two decades, growing prosperity by advancing trade.

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1. Direct contacts to customers

• Written and verbal contacts with suppliers and in particular receivers
• Visits where required to clients
• Co-ordinating the shipments with our customers including contract negotiation, signature, coordinating of issuance etc.
• Letter of credit negotiation according to sales contract terms, as well as amendments (value, expire date, terms) and acceptance where necessary of discrepancies.
• Arranging for inspection, sampling, assaying and umpire of the various products
• Preparing for all necessary documentation (holding certificates, bank releases, transport documents, due diligences, stock inspection, insurance, invoices etc.)
• Checking and arranging payments, claims

2. Bank contacts

• Opening/checking letter of credit
• Arranging for documents and collection of payments

3. Shipping

• Arranging for the various international transport by sea-, rail-, barge and truck, vessel nominations and acceptances
• Arrange issuance of LOI where necessary in close coordination with finance and management
• Approval of vessels to only take place in presence of fully workable letter of credit and in absence thereof coordinate with management
• Insuring the cargo/transports
• Being in regular contact with shipping agents

Customers

• Local Managers
• Local Employees
• Accounting department
• Traders
• Domestic Warehouse Company
• Insurance company
• Domestic metal trade company
• Shipping company, Shipping agent and Forwarder