Trainee or Junior LPG Product Broker
Section: LPG Department (London)
Summary of Job Role:
EA Gibson Shipbrokers is looking to recruit a Junior or Trainee LPG Product Broker to work on the LPG desk in our London office. You will contribute to Gibson’s broking presence globally, effectively and profitably conclude LPG product deals working in conjunction with an existing team, and with existing and new clients. For this role you will ideally some shipping or LPG experience, be motivated and be driven to succeed.
This is a very exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to take the next step in their broking career and add value to a team.
This role will include time spent within our operations, analysis and shipping teams, as well as time spent with our Singapore office.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
• Profitably generate income from servicing existing and new clients, working with the team to drive this.
• Build strong relationships with existing and new clients for enduring business support.
• Face to face relationship building, individually and with colleagues across Gibson’s product and LPG desk.
• Be able to assimilate market intelligence and trends to support clients, colleagues, and Gibson’s internal research function.
• Diligently update proprietary software for company reporting, client support and the research database.
• Commitment to travel internationally to engage with colleagues in other main offices and for training purposes.
Core Competencies and Skills:
• Effectively and profitably work and communicate in a team or individually with clients, with integrity, commitment, honestly and with self-motivation.
• Good competence with proprietary and commercial software.
• Possess an ability to successfully work with challenging and demanding clients with tenacity and a high level of attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong negotiation, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent customer relationship skills.
• Good accurate command of spoken and written business English; proficiency in an additional foreign language would be an advantage.
Personal Attributes
• Strong team ethos with ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• Self-motivated and driven to succeed.
• Positive mentality and approach, proactive and shows initiative.
• Personal drive and motivation to accomplish business goals.
• Flexible with willingness to learn and develop new skills.
Benefits we offer
- Competitive salary
- Generous pension scheme, with company contributions rising to 12%
- Private Health Insurance with option to add family members
- Discount Portal
- Life Assurance based on 8x base salary
- Flexible working opportunities
- Funding to study qualifications with the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
The above contains the main outline of duties. However, in an organisation such as E.A Gibson, it is inevitable that tasks may arise which do not fall within the remit of the above list of Key Tasks. Employees are therefore required to respond with a flexible approach when tasks arise which are not specifically covered in their job profile. Should an additional responsibility become a regular part of an employee’s job, the Job Profile will be amended to include this.
