Job Title: Officer – Trade
Organisation: Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
REF: UNMC-2025-CI-02-24
About Organisation:
The Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC) was established under the Mining and Minerals Act, 2022, (Act No. 25 of 2022) and incorporated under the Companies Act 2012, (Act No.1 of 2012). It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNMC is to manage the commercial holding and participating interests of the State in the mining and mineral industry to ensure that the country obtains optimal value from its mineral resources.
Job Summary: To implement the trading processes and carry out related activities with special focus on the mineral products.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in the initiation, internal processing, and the pursuit of identified opportunities to implement the approved business cases for minerals.
- Continuously gather information on the market and supply trends for analysis to inform timely responsiveness for business development.
- Monitor/track market mineral products prices to inform effective price negotiations with suppliers and customers to deliver the required trading profitability.
- Generate weekly/monthly specialities trading transactions and seek relevant internal approvals to service the customer demand commitments as per the guidelines in the respective Sales & Purchase Agreements.
- Participate in gathering supply and demand information to inform optimal sourcing, stocking, and trading.
- Participate in the implementation of marketing initiatives to enhance market penetration and extraction of optimal value for specialty products in the identified markets.
- Implement identified risk mitigation measures in the mineral business activities.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by your supervisor from time to time to facilitate growth opportunities and participate in company-wide activities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in either Economics, Statistics, Commerce, Business Administration, Marketing, or other related degree.
- Should have at least four (4) years, relevant working experience in a public sector or reputable private institution.
- Relevant professional development training will be an added advantage.
- Training in QHSE principles is an added advantage.
- Self -motivated and significant planning and follow through skills.
- Must have passion for execution and result oriented skills. g) Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Good coordination and stakeholder management skills
- Age: 25-35 years
How to Apply:
Applicant should visit the UNMC website at www.unmc.co.ug or the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development website: www.memd.go.ug to view the detailed job description, select and apply for the job of choice and submit application through the online application system https://form.jotform.com/250122842226548
Only applications received online will be accepted. Applicants are required to attach CERTIFIED copies of the required academic documents. (Note that the academic documents should be certified by the awarding local institutions while awards by foreign institutions should be certified by the foreign institution or a duly authorized Certification body of that country) All applicants must attach soft copies of relevant motivation letter, CV and academic transcripts in word and PDF formats only.
Applications without Certified academic documents will not be considered.
UNMC offers a highly dynamic work environment and provides competitive and attractive benefits.
Deadline: Friday 19th April 2025 at 17:00pm
NB: Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted, and any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
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