Who We Are:
Gerald Group is a leading private global metals trading company founded in 1962. Its business consists of the physical sale, development, trade and structured financing of commodities and commodity linked assets. Gerald is a diversified metals trader, across precious and non-precious metals and operates on a global basis and with mining and metals assets and facilities in various jurisdictions. The Group provides trading and investment solutions to both producer and consumer clients worldwide.
Position Summary:
Gerald Metals is looking for a Senior Copper Trader in our Stamford, CT office. The Senior Trader is responsible for sourcing and selling physical commodities and building and developing customer and supplier relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Executing and booking trades according to the copper platform and protocols.
- Responsible for copper risk strategy in conjunction with the Global Head.
- Initiates daily and monthly hedging positions against physical commodity purchase and sales contracts.
- Manage trading assistant group who interface with Accounting Department, Mid-Office and Risk to perform daily & month end closing for derivatives and physical positions.
- Initiate, develop and maintain trading strategy / positions
- Develop structured transactions involving physical commodity contracts.
- Manages trading assistant group to reconcile all account differences and margin requirements.
- Assist in formulating futures market trading strategies against physical trade position.
- Utilize sound risk management techniques to minimize overall risk for futures and physical contracts.
- Prospecting and generating new sales leads and growth through referrals, cold-calling and market research.
- Liaise between trading group, internal company departments, and OTC relationships.
- Attend client meetings and industry events (30-40% travel).
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in business preferred
- Minimum of 5-8 years physical copper trading experience
- Strong negotiation skills
- Detail oriented, organized, diligent
- Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook
- Reuters and Bloomberg experience required
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to to be a pro-active problem solver
- Strong work ethic
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent internal/external communication and analytical skills needed
- Ability to work in office 5 days a week
- Ability to travel