Lng Portfolio Optimiser

**COMPANY DESCRIPTION**

**About the Company**

JERA Global Markets (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed seaborne energy trader specialising in LNG, coal and freight. A joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Co., Inc. and EDF Trading, JERAGM’s shareholders are among the world’s largest utilities.

JERAGM operates one of the largest energy portfolios in the world which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. These insights enable it to help its customers increase security of supply, optimise their portfolios and improve the risk management of their assets.

JERAGM LNG team manages the flexibility of over 35 million tonnes of supply each year, with structural access to both the European and North American gas markets. The coal team manages 60 million tonnes of supply each year for its shareholders and third-party customers and operates a major coal terminal in the Netherlands.

Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of more than 250 people across offices located in four strategic locations: Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), the UK (London) and the US (Baltimore).

JERAGM is strongly capitalised with over US$500 million in paid up capital and a total equity of US$3 billion. JERAGM has retained its A+ Stable rating from R&I, attributable to a robust business model and solid financial base.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Position Purpose**
- The LNG Portfolio Optimiser plays a role in JERAGM, a single market interface of LNG Trading in JERA Group, ensuring the stable LNG supply for JERA from appropriate tank inventory management, and supporting JERAGM in pursuit of its optimisation activities.
- Expansion of LNG optimisation activities (adding flexible LNG contracts in the FOB-DES-TCP structure, structuring new optimisation transactions, developing optimal ADPs)
- To provide support to stakeholders in JERAGM including traders, to help them better understand JERA’s LNG supply and demand operation
- To support JERA in improving its LNG operational capability by introducing JERAGM’s optimisation and trading standards
- To be closely involved in JERAGM’s overall LNG activities to support smooth implementation of optimisation transactions

**Main Responsibilities**
- To secure stable LNG supply for JERA, our Japanese shareholder by clearly understanding the JERA’s supply demand requirements through close communication with JERA's supply-demand staff in Japanese and by sharing such requirements with JERAGM in a timely manner
- To evaluate the risks that JERAGM's optimisation activity may have adverse impact on JERA's supply and demand balance
- To support capturing optimisation opportunities and implementing transactions through close collaboration with traders
- To communicate with JERA’s LNG terminal staff daily in Japanese to ensure the stable LNG supply and inventory management for JERA
- To identify operational constraints that hinder optimisation activities, and seek countermeasures to solve the issues in collaboration with JERA
- To coordinate delivery scheduling with sellers of JERA LNG Portfolio (including collaboration with LMT)

**QUALIFICATIONS**
**Experience Required**
- Experience in the LNG industry would be required
- Relevant experience in the Japanese fuel markets
- Extensive knowledge and experience of JERA’s supply demand operation and delivery scheduling
- Sound knowledge and experience in handling JERA’s LNG portfolio
- Deep understanding and insight on pursuing LNG optimisation activities

**Person Specification**
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills to manage external and internal stakeholders with confidence and professionalism
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to understand and convey complex information accurately and effectively in English and Japanese to liase with, participate in business meetings with our Japan shareholder company and business counterparts daily
- Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills
- Highly cooperative and motivated
- Team player and able to work as part of a growing team within a dynamic, multi-cultural office environment

**Technical Requirement**
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

**OTHER INFORMATION**
**Role Opportunity**

This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop skills and responsibility within a growing and successful commodity trading business.