Trader

About the role

Phosmark Inc. trades phosphate fertilizers and phosphate raw materials. We are looking for a trader to originate and execute business in Egyptian phosphate rock and adjacent products, and to build a durable flow that fits the Phosmark book.

This is an origination-first role. You bring — or will build — direct relationships with Egyptian producers, mine owners, exporters and licence holders on one side, and with phosphate rock buyers (fertilizer producers, acid plants, traders, and feed/industrial consumers) on the other. Phosmark provides the financial and operational infrastructure to turn those relationships into executed, paid, repeatable trades.

What you will do

Origination

• Identify, qualify and secure supply of Egyptian phosphate rock across the relevant grades, including low-grade and beneficiated material.
• Build and maintain a mapped supply base: producers, mine operators, export licence holders, agents and logistics providers out of Red Sea and Nile Valley origins.
• Develop demand-side counterparties in the main destination markets for Egyptian rock — India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, Europe, Brazil — and in regional SSP/TSP and phosphoric acid industries.
• Originate complementary business within the Phosmark profile: DAP, MAP, TSP, SSP, phosphoric acid, sulphur and other phosphate raw materials.

Deal structuring and execution

• Structure trades that are bankable and that fit Phosmark's risk appetite: spot cargoes, repeat/contract tonnage, FOB and CFR, bulk vessel and container.
• Negotiate commercial terms end to end — price and price mechanism, grade and quality specifications, penalties and rejection limits, laycan, loading and discharge rates, demurrage, inspection and payment terms.

Market and risk

• Maintain a working view of phosphate rock and phosphate fertilizer fundamentals: Egyptian and competing origins (Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Syria, Togo, Peru), freight, sulphur and ammonia input costs, and destination demand.
• Report pipeline, margins and exposures honestly and on time.

What you bring

Required

• Demonstrable track record originating or trading phosphate rock, phosphate fertilizers, or closely comparable dry bulk commodities.
• An existing, verifiable network on at least one side of the Egyptian phosphate rock trade — supply or offtake.
• Practical command of international trade mechanics: Incoterms, bulk chartering basics, quality and weight determination, LCs and documentary risk, demurrage.
• Commercial judgement under uncertainty, and the discipline to walk away from deals that do not price the risk.
• Fluent English, written and spoken. Ability to work independently and remotely with distributed counterparties and colleagues.

Strongly preferred

• Arabic language ability and on-the-ground familiarity with Egypt — mining regions, export ports, licensing, inspection and customs practice.
• Relationships with phosphate consumers in South and Southeast Asia or Turkey.
• Exposure to phosphoric acid, sulphur or ammonia flows.
• Willingness to travel to mines, ports and customers.

What we offer

• Competitive performance-based compensation, directly tied to the results you generate — designed so that a trader who builds real flow earns accordingly.
• Coverage of business expenses: travel to origin and to customers, trade shows and conferences, communications and the tools you need to work.
• Attractive financial and operational infrastructure to execute trades — trade finance capacity, operations, chartering, inspection and documentation support, so you can focus on origination and negotiation rather than plumbing.
• Assistance and support from an experienced team on structuring, risk, compliance and execution. You are not left alone with a deal.
• Personal development: exposure across the phosphate value chain, growing mandate and responsibility as your book grows, and the freedom to build a franchise inside Phosmark.
• Full remote working with genuine autonomy over how you organise your day.