Paul Cormon

• Manage the company's deal book
• Support trade with technical, fundamental and supply/demand analysis on product flows and arbitrage opportunities
• Assist in optimizing trading book
• Assist in executing physical and paper trades (posting EFP and Hedging FX)
• Register trades, maintain and optimize trading system
• Assist in maintaining and optimizing Excel sheets for better overviews and controls
• Cooperate with Sales, Logistics and the Finance department for good integration and business understanding

PROJECTS : Created an instruction manual for the Deal Book and associated Excel files. Currently involved in testing and reviewing the new Deal Book software.

• Record-Keeping and Invoicing
• Supply chain coordination with external and internal stakeholder.
• Deal payment terms with counterparties and thoroughly check commodity contracts (INCOGRAIN, NAEGA and GAFTA), as well as charter party terms
• Operate with different areas, Europe/Africa, Argentina/Brazil, Canada/Italy, Russia/South America, ...
• Compliance and documentation (such as bill of lading and certificate of origin)
• Problem solving related to cargo, maritime transport or legal obligations
• Customer service

• Collecting Excel data bases from public organizations, analyzing and interpreting
• Creating trade briefs
• Creating Infographics and visualization through Piktochart software
• Writing and publishing reports and blogs
• Research on intra African trade