Trader

London, England, United Kingdom

1/2/2025

About Czarnikow (CZ)

CZ is a global supply chain solutions company with 160 years of experience in commodity trading, whose purpose is to exert a positive economic and sustainable influence in its food, beverage, and energy supply chains. CZ buys, sells, moves and de-risks commodities through a range of services including trade finance, commodities trading, analysis, freight, logistics and price risk management.

We are an entrepreneurial company, with innovation at the heart of everything we do. We are open to change, as shown through the recent expansion of our product portfolio and move into energy. Our people are our most valued asset and make the business what it is today.

CZ offers the chance to join a dynamic and exciting team of professionals and learn in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.

To find out more about life and careers at CZ, visit our LinkedIn, Youtube or Glassdoor pages.

Position:

Commercial responsibility for multiple clients and products across the Food, Ingredients and Packaging division. Responsibility to build develop and maintain relationships from Producer through to End User.

The role will be London based with regular travel expected.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Developing and expanding CZ’s client base for sustainable physical transactions within the FIP portfolio
• Maintain and manage existing FIP supply chains
• Global collaboration with the FIP team
• Internal reporting in line with manager expectation
• To take responsibility for your performance and to work together to achieve our organizational goals.
• To attend training courses which are identified as being necessary for the performance of the role.
• To be fully conversant with the Employee Handbook and supporting policies, including Health & Safety legislation and fire and emergency procedures.
• To comply with any reasonable instruction issued by your manager.
  
  

Changes in the business may occasionally require alterations in this job description and these will be agreed with the post holder as appropriate.

Requirements:

We are looking for someone with the following skillset and attributes:

Essential:

• Trading track record of FIP raw materials
• Good commercial contacts within the F&B sector
• Ability to travel to meet clients
• Business level fluency in English (both written and verbal)
• Advanced communication skills
• Strong I.T. skills including proficiency in Excel and Word
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Keen attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
• Self-starter with the ability to use initiative for problem solving
• Resourceful, innovative and proactive
• Personable with the ability to build relationships and communicate with all levels both internally and externally
  
  

Desirable:

• Ability to speak a second language
  
  

Other information:

Our values and culture

Our values show us who we are and support and drive our business activities. We view them as competitive differentiators – they engender trust, promote our reputation, help develop long-term stakeholder relationships and value, and demonstrate the importance we place on our employees and our culture.

Building strong relationships

We nurture mutually rewarding and sustainable relationships with our clients, colleagues, and stakeholders.

Embracing change

Challenging convention is key; whether to make existing processes more efficient or to find new ways to benefit clients, partners and the environment.

Investing in our team

Our people are CZ’s most important asset. By investing in them and creating an environment in which they can excel, they and the business benefits.

Acting responsibly and with integrity

We treat others as equals and the planet with respect. We have a duty to ensure our activity is not to the detriment of others.