Commercial Director
Commercial Director
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17-05-2025
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About Sabi
Sabi exists to transform the way the world sources African commodities. We unlock the full potential of African trade by empowering informal merchants with the infrastructure technology financing and services they need to scale and meet global demand.
Our mission is to bring transparency reliability and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an endtoend operating system for trade built for Africa s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants traders and buyers move goods faster finance growth ensure quality and unlock opportunity even amid political or market uncertainty.
Our mission is to bring transparency reliability and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an endtoend operating system for trade built for Africa s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants traders and buyers move goods faster finance growth ensure quality and unlock opportunity even amid political or market uncertainty.
Job Summary
Do you lead with commercial rigor strategic clarity and a bias for scale As a Commercial Director you ll be the architect and executor of Sabi s commercial strategy for Materials and Specialty Alloys. You will work closely with all key stakeholders to align business goal execution supply chain infrastructure and ensure every part of the business delivers measurable impact at scale.
What you will be doing
- Develop and execute commercial strategies to drive revenue growth.
- Lead global offtake pricing and strategic partnerships for specialty alloys and critical materials
- Lead crossfunctional teams to launch new materials products or services.
- Identify market trends customer needs and competitor activity.
- Build and maintain relationships with key customers partners and stakeholders.
- Negotiate contracts pricing and agreements.
- Analyze market data to inform commercial decisions.
- Collaborate with R&D sales and marketing teams.
Requirements
Special Skills and Qualifications
- 15 yrs in specialty alloys (e.g. vanadium titanium highnickel steels)
- Strong exposure to critical materials (e.g. niobium cobalt) that feed alloy manufacturing
- Commercial leadership experience across industrial metals provides a pricing trading and logistics is an edge
- Experience in downstream value chains (e.g. aerospace defense energy EV supply)
- Has structured highvalue offtake or tolling deals across multiple geographies
- Commercial rigor Negotiation credibility Global fluency Cleantech exposure Structured communicator
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Demonstrated curiosity drive and a growth mindset
Candidate Specification
- Motivated by the mission of Sabi
- Pragmatic with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
- Driven independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with fastchanging priorities
- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
- A focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
- Flexibility to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as they arise where you will need to set out a clear structure method and outcomes yourself.
Why Join Sabi
At Sabi we re more than a company we re a movement. Join a team of bold thinkers builders and doers working to reshape the future of global trade. We work at the edge of innovation in technology commerce and sustainability and we do it with heart. If you re ready to roll up your sleeves and help build the infrastructure that powers responsible trade in Africa and beyond we d love to hear from you.
Our Process:
- Prescreening with the Talent team
- Interviews and Case Assessments with the Hiring team.
- Follow up interviews with Sabi Leadership team.
- Hiring Decision
Benefits
- Rapid Career Growth
- Annual Training Budget
- Robust Health Coverage
- Paid Time Off
- Fullyfunded Team Bonding Activities
Employment Type
Full Time
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