Head of Biofuels & Feedstocks
You are passionate about the energy transition and motivated by the opportunity to accelerate decarbonisation through physical commodities trading. You combine a strong understanding of biofuels and feedstock markets with a commercial mindset, an entrepreneurial approach, and a genuine appetite for building a business. We are looking for an experienced commodities professional who understands how biofuels markets work from both a physical and commercial perspective.
This is an opportunity to build and lead a key business area within a renewable energy organization.
What you do
- Develop and execute the biofuels and feedstocks trading strategy.
- Build and manage a profitable physical and/or paper trading book across relevant biofuel and feedstock markets.
- Identify and originate new commercial opportunities across the supply chain.
- Develop long-term relationships with producers, feedstock suppliers, aggregators, traders, blenders, refiners, airlines, shipping companies, and other market participants.
- Work closely with risk management, operations, finance, and compliance to ensure transactions are commercially attractive and operationally executable.
What they ask
- 5+ years of relevant experience in biofuels, feedstocks, physical commodities trading, energy trading, agricultural commodities, renewable fuels, or a closely related sector.
- Demonstrable experience in physical commodity trading, origination, or commercial business development.
- Strong understanding of biofuel and feedstock markets and their underlying supply-demand fundamentals.
- Strong understanding of commodity pricing, risk management, and trading economics.
- Experience working with physical flows, logistics, storage, transportation, and/or supply chains is highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of renewable fuel regulations and sustainability frameworks is a significant advantage.
Profile
You are commercially driven, analytical, and comfortable making decisions in a fast-moving market. You enjoy being close to the physical market, developing relationships, and turning market intelligence into actionable trading strategies. The ideal candidate is a confident leader who combines market expertise, entrepreneurial thinking, and execution ability. You are comfortable operating with autonomy but thrive in a close-knit team where ideas are challenged and decisions are made quickly.
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