Senior Adviser for Commodity Trade Operations Improvement

Singapore·Agribusiness & Food·Agricultural commodity merchants and distributors· Singapore·Posted 8 September 2026

Applications close 13 January 2027

Agricultural commodity merchants and distributors

The problem this seat exists to solve

A commodity trading operation needs to reduce errors and cash delays between contract agreement and settlement. The adviser will work across trade execution, logistics and finance to isolate recurring failures, test practical improvements and give operating teams a process they can sustain.

Trace the process end to end

You will map the contract-to-settlement process and identify errors, handoff failures and documentation bottlenecks. You will assess ownership across trading, operations, logistics, finance and external service providers.

First month: deliver a process baseline and prioritised list of operational failure points.

Prioritise changes that improve execution

Prioritise practical improvements to exception handling, documentation quality and settlement readiness.
Design a small performance dashboard linking operational issues to claims, delays and cash effects.
Pilot revised processes and transfer ownership to the teams responsible for daily execution.

Pilot results and handover

By month three: pilot improvements in an agreed trade flow or operating team. At completion: demonstrate progress in documentation accuracy, exception closure or settlement timeliness and hand over revised procedures.

Operational experience

The role requires demonstrated commodity trade operations or execution experience and evidence of improving cross-functional processes.

Additional useful experience includes agricultural trade documentation, international logistics interfaces and claims or settlement process expertise.

Advisory arrangement

The adviser works with the CEO or an appointed executive sponsor. Recommendations, analysis and coaching form the deliverables; management retains approval and implementation responsibility.

The initial advisory period is expected to run for three to six months, typically two to six days a month, with workshops scheduled around the agreed outputs. Start date, remuneration, travel and on-site attendance will be agreed for the appointment.

Terms

Where the board sits: Singapore, Singapore
Applications close: 13 January 2027
Appointment: Advisory engagement
Engagement: The initial advisory period is expected to run for three to six months, typically two to six days a month, with workshops scheduled around the agreed outputs.
Cross-border: International candidatures are accepted.

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On this brief: International candidatures are accepted.
Independence: Where the engagement specifies independence from any search that follows, that is a requirement of the engagement rather than a courtesy — an adviser to a board is not a candidate for it.

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