Commercial Business Manager, Product Supply Europe

Entity:

Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

The Commercial Business Manager is a senior, high-trust integrator reporting directly to the VP Product Supply Europe and is a key enabler for both the product supply Europe and trading businesses as we continue to integrate trading capability throughout the regions. The role converts VP intent into coordinated execution across the commercial, operational, transformation and organisational agendas, increasing organisational speed, strengthening decision quality and enabling efficient and effective business during the execution phases of project silver stone.

The role runs the Product Supply Europe management system, connects priorities and dependencies across regions and functions, prepares high-quality decisions and represents the VP where explicitly delegated. It provides one clear point of coordination across business-as-usual delivery and transformation, while accountable regional and functional leaders retain ownership of outcomes and commercial decisions.

This is a hands-on enterprise leadership role, with exposure to commercial, business development and organisational matters, during a period of significant business transformation, offering broad scope for both leadership and business capability development. The role is not an executive assistant, additional approval layer or duplicate of regional or functional accountabilities.

Key Accountabilities

• Organisation performance and management system: Own and continuously improve the Product Supply Europe operating rhythm, including the annual agenda, leadership-team cadence, integrated priorities, dashboards, action closure and timely escalation.
• Commercial and strategic agenda: Integrate regional strategies, business-development priorities, market actions and investment asks; make trade-offs, ownership and dependencies visible and ensure proposals are evidence-led and aligned with the wider business agenda.
• Decision quality and executive support: Prepare the VP for critical forums through clear preparation, research and pre-reads, providing options and recommendations; commission analysis, test assumptions, perform due diligence and maintain robust decision and action records.
• Transformation integration: Working seamlessly with the business, trading benches and the project team, maintain an end-to-end view of Project Silver Stone from the executing business perspective and related change activity across operating-model, commercial, technology, data, controls, investment and organisational workstreams; surface dependencies, test business readiness and drive closure of gaps.
• Stakeholder leverage and delegated representation: Act as a go-to entry point for senior stakeholders, unblock cross-business and cross-functional interfaces, and represent the VP in agreed forums within clear delegated authority.
• Targeted delivery and investigations: Lead priority cross-cutting projects, rapid reviews and sensitive investigations where no natural owner exists, bringing independent challenge and fact-based recommendations.
• Leadership-team effectiveness and organisational alignment: Build coherence across the Product Supply Europe leadership team by clarifying priorities and accountabilities, strengthening governance, supporting engagement and communications, and ensuring consistent follow-through across regions and countries.
• Commercial and business accelerator and integrator: Serving as PSE Front Office point of contact for internal requests/requirements. Assisting RCLs/SRFMs/Traders/Originators/CMs on new opportunity requests. Supporting Supply performance management, including across distributed pnls and interfaces.
  • Develop and support delivery of a PSE engagement strategy and support ongoing development of comms materials internally and externally, including any external events, usually in partnership with broader RPT businesses or other interfaces.
• Controls and boundaries: Drive pace and challenge without displacing line accountability or trading, supply, operations or compliance decision rights; avoid unnecessary process, administration or parallel programme-management structures.

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

• Experience or demonstrated knowledge of how a trading business looks at risk, risk management and associated tools and processes
• Experience applying commercial judgement to business decisions
• Experience applying problem-solving, logical thinking and decision-making to business challenges
• Experience supporting or improving business governance, management systems or operating rhythms
• Ability to make effective decisions in a fast-paced or high-pressure environment
• Experience taking ownership of work and delivering with a high degree of autonomy
• Experience building effective relationships and navigating differing or conflicting viewpoints across teams, functions or business areas
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Track record of identifying and implementing process improvements

 

Desirable criteria:

• Knowledge and experience of both commercial supply and trading environments
• Experience working with and navigating ST&S processes and ways of working

Why Join Us? 
We’re committed to supporting leaders who want to make an impact. You’ll have the chance to shape and influence outcomes across businesses. You’ll be part of an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and where your contribution to performance and integration matters. 

We invest in the growth and wellbeing of our people, providing the resources, networks, and development opportunities needed to thrive. Our total rewards package includes competitive pay, bonuses, share options, and a range of flexible benefits designed to meet your needs. We recognise that people have multifaceted lives, and we strive to offer a career experience that reflects that.  

Application Expiry

Please note: applications close at 11:59 p.m. on the day before the listed closing date. For example, if the role closes on 2nd of the month, the posting will be removed at 11:59 p.m. on 1st of the month.

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

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