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This sector is the category for commodities jobs and careers.

The commodities sector on eFinancialCareers offers jobs from both investment banks and commodities trading houses.

The over-arching term 'commodities' comprises a wide range of different tradable products. Broadly, these include coal and freight; metals and steel; agricultural or 'soft' commodities; gas and power; renewable energy and emissions; and crude oil and petroleum products.

Commodities houses often also produce, store or distribute the products themselves, which means they also employ a whole range of people in non-financial roles. However, here we only look at the financial jobs related to their trading activities, such as commodities broker jobs.

The focus of the commodities trading houses is to deal in the raw materials. Investment banks, meanwhile, largely create and trade commodity derivative products. Derivative products, such as over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives or commodity futures, are an important way for farming cooperatives and other producers to protect against a poor year or negative price fluctuations and for investment banking clients to hedge against their exposures.

Despite these disparities, jobs in commodities generally fall into the following categories:

Trading: Commodities traders will have a particular area of expertise, usually falling into one of the product types above. Their role is to manage a trading portfolio on behalf of either their company or client, through the buying and selling of either raw commodities or commodity derivatives. They will also perform regular market analysis and research to inform their trading decisions and be expected to take both a long-term and short-term view of the market. Traders working with the physical products also have to consider issues such as shipping, storage and stock levels as well as how pricing exposure is managed using derivative products.

Sales: It's largely investment banks who recruit sales staff. A sales job in commodities is largely about developing relationships with clients. These can be commodities producers, who want to use derivative products to manage their price exposure, or simply consumers. Commodities sales staff need good analytical skills to keep up with the latest movements in the commodities markets and their implications in order to explain the rationale for trading decisions and strategies to clients. Commodities salespeople will develop pitches, write reports and compile presentations for clients.

Structuring: This role involves a high degree of statistical analysis and is a highly quantitative job. For a junior role, most banks will only recruit people with a Masters degree in a highly mathematical subject, usually physics or quantitative analytics. As the name suggests a structuring job involves creating commodities structured products to offer clients, as well as performing statistical analysis to track their performance. Examples of these products include commodity-linked notes or baskets of commodities. Depending on the organisation, structuring roles can also comprise creating bespoke solutions to a client's (usually a corporate) commodities hedging needs.

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Associate - Cash Officer Futures Clearing - FICC Macquarie Competitive Australia-Sydney 20 May 13

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Associate Structured and Project Finance - Mining sector Pentire Associates 160-180 package plus bonus Australia-Sydney 09 May 13

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Senior Mining Research Analyst Pentire Associates Market Australia-Sydney 09 May 13

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Senior Manager- Market Data GOW Australia Up to $200k Australia-Sydney 08 May 13

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VP Investment Banking - Mining and Metals Pentire Associates AUD 250,000 plus bonus Australia-Sydney 02 May 13

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Associate, Investment Banking Resources Focus Porterallen Bonus Australia-Sydney 31 Mar 13

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VP Research - Natural Resources Oil & Gas Not Disclosed top salary and benefits China-Beijing 20 May 13

This is an exciting senior research role to join the leading global Energy firm to cover Natural Resources Sec...

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Excellent opportunity to join Dalian Commodity Exchange.

Physical Cotton Sales & Trading, China Selby Jennings Highly Competitive China-Shanghai 17 May 13

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Product Manager ICBC Competitive China-Shanghai 16 May 13

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Quality Management - Manager (based in Shanghai or Shenzhen) ICBC Competitive China-Shanghai 16 May 13

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We are seeking a manager to join our Legal and Human Resource department.

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Embark on an exciting career with ICBC as Finance Manager.

China Legal Counsel Kelly Services China negotiable China-Shanghai 15 May 13

VP, China Legal Counsel, Global Commodities Group (GCG), a top global bank

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The financial information terminal product design in Commodity Futures sector.

Commodities Trader- Coal/Iron Ore, Metal Hays attractive package China-Shanghai 28 Mar 13

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Finance Controller Hays CNY1000000.00 - CNY2200000.00 per annum China-Shanghai 28 Mar 13

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