About Javelin
Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm with offices in London, New York, San Diego, St Louis, Switzerland, Poland, India, Australia and Singapore. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across six continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, softs, and renewables.
Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 150 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic. Our success over the years has been built on our guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.
Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Discover more at http://www.javelincommodities.com/.
The Role
The role is set-up within Javelin CEE regional structure with direct reporting to Head of CEE and group level reporting to Operations Manager in Javelin London office. The primary purpose of the role is to ensure safe and timely transfer of goods to customers and efficient operations at ports and stockyards across the region.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders (customers, shipping agents, port authorities and service providers)
- Overseeing logistics, ports and transport services
- Resolving complaints and issues regarding the supply chain
- Safeguarding of commodities through providing guidance on and taking preventive measures, to ensure that commodities are preserved in good condition
- Supervising inventory management
- Overseeing quality control and resolving customers’ claims
- Planning and management of port and stockyard operations
- Supervising, monitoring, and reporting the performance of the shipping agents, port operators, rail carries and other ancillary contractors and ensure efficient operations
- Contributing to the collection and analysis of data through market analysis, research and networking with colleagues within the organization and key external stakeholders
- Ensuring proper screening and blending operations, optimizing yields
Requirements
Skills and Experience Required:
- Fluent in both Polish and English.
- Self-motivated, proactive candidate with 3+ years’ experience in a similar position.
- A strong work ethic is required to help drive the team forward.
- Clear communication skills, with a history of coordinating with a range of external & internal stakeholders to resolve any issues smoothly.
- Ability to work collaboratively across locations, with a focused interaction with Krakow office and London headquarters.
- Organizational skills.
- Clear communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload across time zones and judge priority and urgency of requests and issues.
- Ability to deliver difficult messages to both client and colleagues.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work well under pressure.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Private medical insurance.
