Entity:
Supply, Trading & Shipping
Job Family Group:
Supply & Trading Group
Job Description:
At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.
About the role
bp's Global Lightends business is a leading trading team across gasoline, petrochemicals, renewable fuels, biofuels and circular feedstocks. We combine market expertise, commercial insight and bp's global asset network to bring value and support business growth.
We are looking for a Commercial Manager to help lead our Asia Pacific Lightends business. This is a senior role reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Global Lightends, and working closely with Trading and Origination leaders.
You will help shape the direction of the business, support commercial performance, strengthen collaboration across teams, and create an environment where people can do their best work while maintaining high standards of safety, ethics and compliance.
What you will do
Business Leadership
- Support the delivery of commercial strategy and business plans across the Asia Pacific region.
- Partner with trading and origination teams to find opportunities, manage priorities and support business growth.
- Lead regional business planning, including financial targets, resource planning and organisational capability needs.
- Facilitate effective decision-making and coordination across the regional leadership team.
- Help align business priorities with wider company objectives and strategic goals.
Commercial Performance
- Support traders and commercial teams in delivering sustainable business performance.
- Provide oversight and guidance on portfolio development, opportunity prioritisation and commercial structures.
- Supervise business performance and help address emerging risks and opportunities.
- Work with teams to improve operational effectiveness and strengthen commercial outcomes.
Risk, Governance and Compliance
- Foster a culture where people act with integrity, speak up, ask questions and raise concerns when needed.
- Ensure trading activities are conducted in line with internal policies, external regulations and the bp Code of Conduct.
- Partner with Compliance, Risk, Credit, Operations and other functions to support responsible decision-making.
- Promote strong governance practices across the business.
People Leadership
- Create an inclusive, respectful and collaborative team environment.
- Support talent development, succession planning and long-term capability building.
- Mentor and develop team members to help them reach their full potential.
- Lead and support members of the Commercial Advisory team.
- Encourage continuous learning, innovation and improvement.
Stakeholder Partnership
- Build strong relationships across trading, analytics, operations, risk, finance, compliance and other business groups.
- Act as a key connection point between the regional trading business and internal customers.
- Work collaboratively with teams across geographies and fields to achieve shared goals.
- Support the ongoing development of the bp Australia commercial interface and operating model.
What we're looking for
Essential Experience
- Degree qualification or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience in commodity trading, commercial operations or market-facing business environments.
- Experience working with gasoline, petrochemicals, renewable fuels or related commodities.
- Experience supporting commercial strategy and business performance.
- Strong understanding of trading markets, value creation, risk management and commercial decision-making.
- Experience building productive partnerships across diverse teams and functions.
Skills and Capabilities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to interpret sophisticated information and make balanced decisions.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- Comfortable influencing collaborators at different levels of an organisation.
- Strong planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Commitment to ethical conduct, compliance and responsible business practices.
- Continuous improvement perspective with a focus on learning and growth.
Preferred Experience
- Experience working across multiple regions or international markets.
- Experience supporting the growth or development of commercial trading teams.
- Knowledge of gasoline, petrochemical and renewable feedstock markets in Asia Pacific and global markets.
Why join bp?
Bp values different experiences, perspectives and ideas. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, supported and able to contribute.
You'll have opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact while working alongside skilled colleagues across a global business.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you believe you can bring value to this role, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement listed above.
We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.
Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Commercial Business Development, Continuous Learning, Customer promise execution, Customer service delivery excellence, Deal modelling and valuation, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Internal alignment, Listening, Loyalty Management, Marketing strategy and programmes, Negotiating value, Negotiation planning and preparation, Partner relationship management, Presenting, Sentiment and Trends, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Writing skills
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.