Trading and Commercial Learning Specialist

Entity:

People, Culture & Communications

Job Family Group:

HR Group

Job Description:

Based in Chicago or Houston working as part of a distributed team in the Talent organisation, the role is accountable for the development of technical and commercial skills for bp, with a focus on Front Office development in bp’s the Supply, Trading and Shipping division - including but not exclusively trading, origination and analytics - while also developing similar abilities sets in the broader bp organisation.

We are looking for someone with Refined Products commercial experience in a Trading business, to work with SME’s to develop and deliver training and learning solutions in line with bp’s ambitions. Focused on preserving a best-in-class Front Office talent pipeline by delivering learning and assessments, including bp’s flagship Assessed Trader’s Course, and acting as a coach and mentor.

This global role requires collaboration with senior leaders in the business and across HR teams. This role is critical for ensuring the organization remains driven by developing a workforce equipped with the skills necessary to drive performance and meet future business challenges.

Role Purpose:

This role is critical for the development and delivery the next generation of front office staff for bp’s trading floor, including traders, originators and analysts.

Role Accountabilities:

• Define, Develop, Deliver and Curate:

• Training courses, both individually and as part of a wider team, and in collaboration with front office/commercial subject matter authorities.
• Structured, logical and accessible learning curricula.
• high quality training for counterparties, JVs and other 3rd party relationships where required.
• Both face-to-face and virtual learning, in multiple modalities such as e-learnings/videos if appropriate.
• Simulations/exercises/assessments, including support of, and improvements to, customized simulation software.

• Conduct learning requirements analyses and gap identification, assisted by formal or informal strategic guidance from business representatives and subject matter authorities, as well as delegate feedback.
• Help maintain and develop the learning infrastructure and support strategic planning.
• Maintain own relationships with senior commercial stakeholders and cultivate a network of subject matter authorities to help produce the learning solutions.
• Develop specific groups through bespoke structured learning programmes related to commercial skills, such as graduates in Supply, Trading and Shipping, but also for other learner cohorts across the wider bp organisation.
• Define, implement, and maintain metrics such as learning utilisation and feedback where appropriate, as well as assessment results, and be able to consolidate the results to generate basic statistics to guide data driven improvement.
• The role will require some international travel.

Formal Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.

Skills:

Commercial Skill; Trading Knowledge; Trading Fundamentals, Sentiments and Trends; Trade Execution and Management; Trade Field; AI Skills; an understanding of Compliance and U.S. regulations; learning and development knowledge; project management; growth mindset; ‘getting things done’; marketing learning; creating and measuring impact; learning application and behavioural change; data analysis, visualization and interpretation; problem solving; teamwork; creativity and innovation; communication, influencing

Handling change; psychological safety; continuous learning; legal and regulatory environment and compliance; continuous improvement; analytical thinking; agility core practices; resilience; collaboration; customer centric thinking.

Experience:

• Experience having worked on a trading floor in a commercial role for a minimum of 5 years, as an energy trader (preferably in Crude Oil/Refined Products) or similar risk-taking role.
• Experience training, coaching, mentoring and assessing is desirable.
• Experience influencing to build consensus and engagement across teams, functions and geographies to understand and meet collaborator needs.
• Demonstrable outstanding social skills; oral, presentation and written, and comfortable communicating both virtually and face-to-face.

Technical:

• Understanding trading risk, and knowledge of the end-to-end processes involved in trading, including physical arbitrage, speculative trading, hedging and risk management, financial derivatives, physical and financial optionality – as they relate to their commodity experience.
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