Tricon Energy is a horizontally-structured company. The management of the company is limited to those who are responsible for guiding the overall direction of the business. Day to day trades and affairs are decided along a very flat, proactive, and agile structure. Operations are performed hand in hand with the trades, and logistics personnel often rise to the rank of trader.
This flatness is evident in the office - our global president sits among the operations and trading team, executives and managers have open doors and are consistently available to the people they oversee, and internal meetings are frequently held in open conference rooms with all degrees of employee sitting in.
In terms of general classification, Trcon Energy personnel fall into one of three categories: Traders, logistics and operations, and accounting and finance.
Traders
The traders are responsible for maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and buyers, which requires a heavy traveling schedule to meet clients and remain informed on market behavior. They compile their knowledge and information into a constant market analysis which produces the ability to read the dynamics of the product. They can interpret the behavior of the market, identify trends, and meet the needs of the suppliers and buyers with which they work.
Logistics and Operations
This team works side by side with the traders. They are the ones who actually execute the deals once agreed upon. Their work consists of coordinating all the parties involved in the transaction to ensure the prompt fullfillment of the trade, arranging and monitoring the transportation of the product, having the product inspected, and organizing all the paperwork necessary for suppliers, receivers, shippers, and customs.
Accounting and Finance
The accounting and financing teams are the backbone of the trades, and provide credit analysis on clients, maintain and build on the company's credit lines, compile company progress reports, and handle intracompany logistics.