Service Contract Administrator jobs in Stamford, CT

Who We Are:  
Gerald Group, a major global commodities trader, is seeking a Traffic/Logistics Coordinator to facilitate the physical movement, custody and contractual obligations concerning the metal traded across our North American business. The Traffic/Logistics Coordinator will work externally across several layers of the commodity supply chain to execute tasks with customers, logistics companies, and warehousers to ensure the timely and cost-efficient execution of physical metals trades, as well as liaise internally across departments as needed to adhere to reporting structures in place.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate logistical aspects of commodity contract administration via coordination with respective base metals trading desks and 3rd party service providers. 
• Arrange and track daily truck and rail shipments of refined base metals between producers, storage facilities, including LME/Comex warehouses, ports, and consumers. 
• Develop and maintain high quality customer service relationships with various counterparties including producers, consumers, and service providers in a manner which creates operational synergies across the supply chain. 
• Proactively monitor contractual documentation, such as purchase/sales orders invoices, shipping and title documents to ensure contractual obligations and are met and realized in an accurate, timely and cost-efficient manner. 
• Plan and execute logistics solutions which meet the highest level of efficiency, cost effectiveness and optimal customer service including storage and freight rate negotiations.
• Maintain internal records, including inventory on hand, goods in transit, and various bearer documents; continuous reconciliation of inventory records for reporting to traders, Credit, and Treasury as well as various external interested parties. 
• Maintain and distribute storage and freight cost database in order to facilitate timely and accurate trading decisions. 
• Responsible for timely releases, invoicing, and other document execution to counterparties as well as subsequent coordination of payments with the Treasury Department. 
• Liaise with other departments including Trading, Treasury, Risk, Credit, Accounting and IT. 
• Special projects as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Prior experience in commodity logistics given preference.  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite software applications, especially Excel and Word. 
• Demonstrates strong organizational and planning skills and the ability to work as a team to meet strict deadlines in a high paced environment. 
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Must be flexible to work additional hours as required.
• Willing to come in office 5 days a week.