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Commodity trader
Commodities trader Commodities trading manager Commodity exchange floor trader Commodity handler Commodity trader
Commodity traders use negotiation techniques to sell and buy physical goods and raw materials such as gold, cattle, oil, cotton and wheat on the trading floor. They receive and implement purchasing and selling instructions and negotiate the terms of sale and delivery of commodities. Commodity traders do research about market conditions of specific commodities, their price trends and demand in order to inform their employers, they make bid offers and calculate the cost of transactions.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Establishing contact between buyers and sellers of commodities;
(b) Discussing buying or selling requirements of clients and giving advice accordingly;
(c) Buying and selling cargo space on ships;
(d) Negotiating purchase or sale of commodities and commodity futures;
(e) Finding cargo and/or storage space for commodities and negotiating freight, shipping and storage charges;
(f) Monitoring and analysing market trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities and shipping services.
Knowledge
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Finance, banking and insurance
- Computer use
- Law
- Statistics
Digital competencies
- Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements
- Performing risk analysis and management
- Executing financial transactions
- Analysing financial and economic data
- Monitoring financial and economic resources and activity
Digital competencies
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Personal competencies
- Communicating
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Business and administration associate professionals
Sales and purchasing agents and brokers
Trade brokers
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Trade brokers
37
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
86,05%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
27,59% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
51,35%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
,00%
Part-time contracts
1,85% Turnover index
9
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-23%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Business and administration associate professionals
61%
39%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Business and administration associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Sales and purchasing agents and brokers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Trade brokers
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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