About Javelin
Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm
with head offices in London and wider global offices in New York, Dallas, San Diego, St Louis, Canada, Switzerland,
Poland, Dubai, India, Singapore, China and Australia. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across six
continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore,
steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, agriculture, and renewables.
Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 200 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our
values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic. Our success over the years has been built on our
guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.
Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and
encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Javelin has a
dedicated strategy to support local and meaningful charities through volunteer days, donation matching, a ‘give as
you earn’ scheme and other fundraising activities. We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and organise
various social evenings, sports clubs and lunchtime activities. Discover more at
http://www.javelincommodities.com/.
The Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented and commercially aware Scheduler to support our growing oil trading business. This
role is responsible for the end-to-end coordination of physical oil movements, ensuring timely and efficient
execution of trades while minimizing operational risk.
The successful candidate will work closely with traders, counterparties, logistics providers, terminals, and shipping
companies to ensure seamless execution of supply and trading activities.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Manage nominations, confirmations, inventory tracking, and movement reconciliation across multiple
- transportation systems.
- Monitor transportation constraints, apportionment, outages, and operational disruptions while developing
- contingency plans to minimize impacts.
- Maintain accurate inventory positions and supply-demand balances.
- Reconcile scheduled movements against actual receipts and deliveries.
- Work closely with traders to ensure commercial deals are accurately reflected in scheduling and logistics
- systems.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with pipeline operators, counterparties, terminals, producers, and
- refiners.
- Support month-end close processes, reporting requirements, and logistics performance tracking.
Requirements
Skills and Experience Required:
- Experience:
- Circa 3 – 5 years’ relevant experience in crude oil operations (preferably scheduling on major Canadian pipelines (Keystone, Enbridge, TMX) would be advantageous
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject preferred
- Skills:
- Solid understanding of shipping logistics, trade documentation, and international crude oil trade practices.
- Strong understanding of:
- Physical oil markets (crude and/or products)
- Supply chains: shipping, pipelines, terminals, storage
- Trade lifecycle and operational processes
- Familiarity with Incoterms, contracts, and demurrage processes
- Experience with trading/operations systems (e.g., Endur, Allegro, RightAngle, SAP) preferred
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables, Power Query, complex formulas, data analysis, and reporting, with the ability to automate workflows and manage large operational datasets.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
- Proactive communicator, easily able to disperse complex information into digestible formats to a range of stakeholders.
- Strong teamwork and organizational abilities, with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
Benefits
- Extended Healthcare Plan (Medical, Disability, Dental & Vision)
- Group Life - AD&D - Critical Illness Insurance
- Discretionary Annual Bonus
- 20 days Annual Leave
Skills Required
- 3-5 years' relevant experience in crude oil operations
- Scheduling experience on major Canadian pipelines (Keystone, Enbridge, TMX)
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject
- Solid understanding of shipping logistics, trade documentation, and international crude oil trade practices
- Strong understanding of physical oil markets, supply chains (shipping, pipelines, terminals, storage), and trade lifecycle operational processes
- Familiarity with Incoterms, contracts, and demurrage processes
- Experience with trading/operations systems (e.g., Endur, Allegro, RightAngle, SAP)
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including PivotTables, Power Query, complex formulas, data analysis, reporting, and automation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Proactive communicator who can simplify complex information for stakeholders
- Strong teamwork and organizational abilities with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
What We Do
Javelin Global Commodities is a global firm specializing in the marketing, trading, logistics, financing, and advisory of bulk, steel, energy, and renewable commodities.
