Shell

Commercial Operator Crude

Singapore - Metropolis Full time
, Singapore


Job Family Group:

Trading Jobs


Worker Type:

Regular


Posting Start Date:

May 6, 2026


Business Unit:

Trading and Supply


Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals


Job Description:

What you’ll be doing

Key Areas of responsibility:

  • Execute end‑to‑end operations for bulk crude cargoes from supply to delivery.

  • Manage voyage‑chartered vessels, vessels under Shell control, and terminal/blending activities (where applicable).

  • Protect deal P&L by preventing demurrage, minimizing downtime, and identifying optimization opportunities.

  • Ensure full compliance with contracts, charter parties, regulations, and Shell HSSE standards.

  • Coordinate daily with traders, shipping, manufacturing, optimizers, contracts, claims, legal, demurrage, and trade finance teams.

  • Manage external interfaces with counterparties, vessel owners/brokers, terminals, surveyors, port agents, and service providers.

  • Plan, schedule, and nominate vessels, cargoes, and delivery windows accurately and on time.

  • Oversee vessel operations including routing, bunkering, stow planning, and voyage execution.

  • Manage cargo operations including readiness, off‑spec handling, blending (where applicable), and inventory optimization.

  • Support post‑deal activities such as settlements, customs, demurrage, and claims.

  • Maintain accurate system entries, documentation, and operational records.

  • Provide operational support outside regular office hours as required.

What you bring

Experience in managing physical trading and supply operations is a strong advantage. The ability to work effectively in complex or non‑standard environments, provide hands‑on counterparty support, and progressively introduce standardization and efficiency is essential, alongside a strong commitment to HSSE, compliance, and product quality.

Skills and Requirements:

  • Good understanding of Trading & Supply operations, with relevant experience in a trading, supply, or similar operational environment.

  • Strong commercial mindset with proven ability to protect margins, assess trade‑offs, and identify end‑to‑end optimization opportunities.

  • Demonstrated capability to manage end‑to‑end supply chains, from requirement collation to execution and monitoring.

  • Ability to clearly understand and articulate business objectives, constraints, and operational realities.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with evidence of effective collaboration, influence, and relationship building.

  • Proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities independently in dynamic environments.

  • Strong problem‑solving skills, including working effectively with uncertainty or incomplete information.

  • Ability to perform well in fast‑paced, continuously changing operational settings.

  • Demonstrated resilience, determination, and drive to deliver results.

  • Passion for operational excellence, including experience leading or supporting optimization initiatives.

  • Proactive self‑starter with strong personal leadership and the ability to influence others through expertise and credibility.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

  • Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.

  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

  • Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.

  • Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

  • Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

  • Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

  • Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and

  • international teams.

  • Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we’d still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills.

Shell in Singapore

Shell is an international energy company that uses advanced technologies and takes an innovative approach to help build a sustainable energy future. Here in Singapore, Shell has a long history and is one of the country’s largest foreign investors. It has businesses spanning trading and marketing of liquefied natural gas; refining, trading, marketing and shipping of oil products, lubricants and chemicals; low carbon solutions; and operating a network of service stations through retailers, as well as electric vehicles charging.

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