Director - Commodities Sales
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the implementation of the UK Commodities strategy, aligned with scorecard objectives, including expansion in energy, emissions, and natural gas markets.
- Develop a portfolio of directly covered clients in coordination with the UK Head of Commodities, targeting revenue growth through financing solutions and structured inventory products.
- Drive the digital agenda within Commodities and position Standard Chartered as a centre of excellence in the market through active brand representation.
- Act as a strategic partner to clients, offering insights and risk management solutions tailored to their commodity exposure.
- Deliver personal P&L targets, work collaboratively with relationship managers, and maintain detailed client account plans to identify and pursue wallet share opportunities.
- Partner with global and local FM teams, product specialists, and research to drive origination, execution, and cross-sell opportunities.
- Ensure all trades are executed in compliance with internal policies and external regulations, including Order Handling, Best Execution, and client documentation.
- Proactively manage trading limits, infrastructure setup, and client onboarding, ensuring seamless execution and best-in-class service.
- Take ownership of key client relationships globally, coordinating with RMs and regional product partners to build long-term franchise value.
- Lead by example, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor junior colleagues and actively share market insights and best practices to strengthen team capability and cohesion
- Identify, assess, and mitigate financial and non-financial risks related to commodity transactions, ensuring alignment with the Group's risk appetite and control framework.
- Interpret financial and market data to support sound decision-making and ensure effective transaction-level risk controls.
- Ensure adherence to the Group's governance standards and regulatory obligations, with proactive engagement in internal and external oversight processes.
- Represent Sales on the Commodities Best Execution Committee, contributing to transparency and governance in trade execution and client outcomes.
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.