This is a significant opportunity for an ambitious Head of Trading or senior hands-on trader seeking progression towards board-level responsibility. Reporting to the Board, the successful candidate will play a central role in shaping and delivering global trading strategy, while remaining actively involved in high-value international buying and selling activity across proteins and non-hedgeable commodities.
Our client is a privately owned international trading group with annual turnover exceeding US $1 billion. Operating across fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture, the business specialises in the global trade of frozen proteins, including fish, meat, poultry and pork, alongside a growing dry commodities category including rice and sugar. Headquartered in the North-East of England, with established offices in China and Spain, the group has ambitious plans to expand its international footprint in strategically important markets.
This is a significant opportunity for an ambitious Head of Trading or senior hands-on trader seeking progression towards board-level responsibility. Reporting to the Board, the successful candidate will play a central role in shaping and delivering global trading strategy, while remaining actively involved in high-value international buying and selling activity across proteins and non-hedgeable commodities.
The role requires a proven trading professional with strong market instinct, commercial judgement and relationship-led negotiation skills. Experience in proteins, frozen food, seafood, meat, poultry, pork, agriculture or comparable non-hedgeable commodity markets is essential, as is the ability to make sound trading decisions in markets where margin protection depends on judgement, timing, intelligence and execution.
This will suit a current Head of Trading, Senior Trader, Commercial Trading Lead or trading-led commercial leader who wants to broaden their global influence, lead an experienced team, and progress into a more strategic role with clear visibility at Board level.
Key responsibilities will include:
Candidate profile:
The successful candidate will join a business with an established reputation for reliability, quality and integrity, and a culture known for low attrition, high staff satisfaction and collaborative leadership. This is an outstanding opportunity to take on a highly influential global commercial role within a substantial, ambitious and privately owned international trading group.
Please send your CV to Janet McGlaughlin or Matt Pallister at Marmion to arrange an initial confidential discussion.
