Senior Trader Fertilizer/Chemicals

Title: Senior Trader - Fertilizer/Chemicals
Salary: £100-120k + Uncapped Commission + Equity Options
Location: London, UK

Imperium Commodity Search is confidentially retained by a high growth, technology led global fertilizer trading house as it accelerates its expansion into 2026. Well capitalised and uniquely powered by a proprietary digital platform, the firm is reshaping how physical fertilizer and chemical markets trade globally.

Our client is seeking a senior trader with fertilizer or chemicals experience to play a highly entrepreneurial role within a business growing 7x year on year. This is a rare and unique opportunity to move beyond legacy trading models and help build a more liquid, scalable, and efficient platform that directly serves end buyers and strengthens global supply chains for essential products.

Working alongside high calibre business development and technology teams, you will apply your market expertise to drive growth, connect counterparties, open new markets, and influence the future of physical commodities trading.

If you are a trader motivated to drive the inevitable digitalisation of global commodity markets, we would welcome a confidential discussion.

Highlights:

• Market leading and unique technology backed trading operation built to scale global fertilizer and chemical markets

• Direct, revenue linked commission structure with uncapped upside, aligned to performance and growth

• Meaningful equity participation within a well capitalised business following multiple successful funding rounds

• A high calibre, entrepreneurial team operating from modern London offices, with continued investment in talent and platform expansion

• Accessible, down to earth leadership combining long term vision with deep trading expertise, led by a seasoned Global Sales Director

• Regular exposure to global industry events and conferences, with international travel as the platform scales into new markets

You will be:

• Building and managing senior relationships with global suppliers and customers across fertilizer and chemical markets

• Partnering closely with product and technology teams to drive innovation - shaping and enhance a proprietary, technology backed trading platform in response to client and market needs

• Originating, structuring, and negotiating commercial agreements across the fertilizer product spectrum

• Leveraging market intelligence, macroeconomic data, and real time insights to inform and develop the company's proprietary market insights platform product

• Working closely with finance and operations teams to ensure efficient, timely, and low friction trade execution

• Driving platform adoption by actively engaging counterparties in your network and through business development, industry networking, and global conferences

• Expanding the firm's trading footprint into new geographies and adjacent fertilizer and chemical product segments

We would love to speak to you if you have:

• 5+ years' experience in commercial fertilizer markets, ideally in trading or sales trading roles, with demonstrable revenue, business development and P&L ownership across core fertilizer products

• A well established network of global suppliers and customers, with strong understanding of key geographies and product dynamics

• A highly commercial, performance driven mindset, coupled with the curiosity and ambition to challenge legacy trading models and drive innovation

• Strong negotiation capability, underpinned by a professional, credible, and relationship led communication style

• An entrepreneurial approach, with the ability to take ownership of markets or product lines and support the development of junior talent

• Exposure to South American fertilizer markets is advantageous but not essential

• Fluent English; additional languages (particularly Spanish) are beneficial but not required