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.
Job Summary
Are you a material expert adept in the science and technology of metals and their alloys As a Metallurgist you will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of metallurgical processes to optimize metal extraction processing and production. You will also provide technical leadership and material expertise and work closely with the TRACE team driving cohesion and efficiency across our commodity value chains and facilitate effective communication tracking and reporting while propelling Sabis mission to empower commerce throughout Africa.
This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys tracking progress escalating blockers and driving alignment of Sabi s traceable commodity value chain.
What you will be doing
- Investigate and examine the performance and properties of metals such as iron steel aluminum nickel and copper and alloys such as steel and brass and use them to help produce a range of useful products and materials.
- Write documents manuals metallurgical investigations and reports in line with business objective and customer liaison.
- Research and develop test or repair technology and new products
- Track progress against OKRs and business goals; identify and escalate blockers proactively.
- Make manufacturing timecritical decisions carry out structural analysis monitor quality standards in manufacturing and finishings.
- Work with multidisciplinary teams of engineers scientists and business professionals to ensure strategic operations alignment.
- Lead and manage the strategic and operational planning cycles of materials and products.
- Oversee the extraction of usable metals from ores and analyze metal corrosion and fatigue.
- Run internal rituals like allhands meetings leadership offsites and communications cadences that promote alignment and transparency.
Requirements
Special Skills and Qualifications
- 10 yrs in physical or extractive metallurgy
- Expertise in alloy formulation refining or QA/QC for metals like cobalt vanadium manganese
- Experience supporting commercial compliance or R&D teams
- Able to interpret lab data design SOPs and assess product quality across suppliers
- Technical depth Analytical rigour
- Standards and processfocused
- Effective communicator with commercial teams
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize data and insights to inform business decisions.
- Experience working across digital products or platforms in emerging markets is a plus.
- Passion for building systems that scale and a commitment to Sabi s mission of empowering commerce in Africa.
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