Charterer

About the role

We are seeking a commercially driven Charterer to join our global tanker chartering team, based in Athens. This is a market-facing role with dual responsibility for day-to-day chartering activities as well as the development of new time charter and other longer-term freight opportunities. You will be responsible for independently covering your assigned market, fixing cargoes and bp relets, providing market intelligence, and forming clear market views. In parallel, you will identify and progress new commercial opportunities that generate discretionary value for bp.

Responsibilities

• Independently cover all charter-in activity in your market on behalf of bp oil trading desks.
• Charter out of bp time charters in your market to optimise earnings.
• Produce regular market reports, including fixture updates and forward freight outlooks.
• Identify and pursue commercial opportunities across spot and period markets, including relet strategies and time charter structures.
• Work closely with the optimisation manager and the time charter team to originate and develop new time charter opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong internal relationships across trading, analytics, operations, and risk functions.
• Work with operations, demurrage and legal teams to ensure detailed execution of deals.
• Cultivate and manage external relationships with brokers, owners, and counterparties to secure competitive freight solutions.
• Ensure all activities align with bp's Marine Assurance standards, Code of Conduct, and control and compliance frameworks.
• Essential Experience and Job Requirements
• Chartering experience within a chartering, trading or ship owning environment.
• Deep understanding of Crude and/or CPP freight markets, vessel operations, and commercial shipping dynamics.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of delivering value through strategic chartering decisions
• Experience in projects, time chartering and/or asset related projects.
• Ability to interpret, and act on market analytics and fundamentals to form and communicate forward market views.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across internal and external networks.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Collaborative mindset with a proven ability to work across diverse teams and functions.
• Desirable Criteria
• Experience in FFA (Forward Freight Agreement) trading or oil trading.
• Exposure to digital freight tools, analytics platforms, or freight optimisation technologies.
• Exposure to LNG, LPG or other shipping markets
• Academic-thinking level, ideally supported by a bachelor's or master's degree in an economic or numerical field
• At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.
• There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!
• We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
• Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!
• Travel Requirement
• No travel is expected with this role
• Relocation Assistance:
• This role is not eligible for relocation
• Remote Type:
• This position is not available for remote working

Requirements

• Legal Disclaimer:
• We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation

Benefits

Additional Information

Entity: Supply, Trading & Shipping Job Family Group: Shipping Group Job Description: Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has passionate about discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

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