Senior Purchaser

Are you a skilled Purchaser with experience within the oil trading or shipping industry, looking for your next opportunity to grow and develop your skillset even further? Then you might be the sourcing professional we are looking for.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Purchaser to become a part of our team in Bunker Holdings sourcing brand Unicore. This position plays a key role in enhancing our regional presence and supply capabilities in ARA and Europe, ensuring we maintain our leadership in delivering innovative and sustainable bunker solutions.

A commercial role with focus on stakeholder management
As Senior Purchaser, you will become part of the sourcing team in one of our Europe offices, located in Copenhagen, Rotterdam, or Monaco. Reporting to the Regional Manager, you will be responsible for offering strategies and reliable bunkering solutions to business partners, advising key stakeholders, investigating market trends, and implementing best practices using your extensive market knowledge and experience. Your responsibilities will include:

• Handling day-to-day supply chain activities such as back-to-back purchasing from the physical market and participating in daily routines offering support, advice, and guidance to colleagues within Bunker Holding.
• Utilizing relevant statistical and hedging tools to obtain competitive prices and optimize trading profits.
• Establishing, developing, and optimizing strategic partnerships with suppliers and marketing teams.
• Building a solid foundation of knowledge regarding market legislation and future fuel sources to reinforce our position as a trusted collaborator in the green transition.
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  Business Development: Develop and implement a business growth strategy to increase market share in conventional and alternative fuels. Identify key suppliers, generate business opportunities, and strategically manage and diversify the fuel portfolio with an intensive focus on sales and portfolio management.

An engaged, positive, and collaborative profile
The ideal candidate has 8-10 years of sourcing experience from previous employment, technical insight in bunkering, negotiation skills, and project management capabilities. Furthermore, you have:

• Proficient negotiation skills whilst creating mutually beneficial situations to build relevant long-lasting relationships with suppliers.
• Results-driven mentality and initiative with a strategic mindset focused on advancing growth and enhancing profit outcomes.
• Positive, structured, and result-oriented work approach.
• Ability to work across global teams and manage cross-functional initiatives.
• Effective communication, relationship management, and negotiation abilities.

Want to join the team and help shape the future?

If you can see yourself taking on the above-mentioned tasks, then please send your application now.

If you should have any additional questions to the position, before applying, please do not hesitate to reach out to Regional Manager, Europe; Robin van Elderen at +31 648420250.

Remember that above description of the position is the ideal requirements for a candidate, however we strongly believe in inclusion and diversity, for which reason we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all requirements.

Please apply for the position by sending your CV and cover letter via this link to our website. We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible.

We look forward to hearing from you!