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 simabilitieslsets 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.

- Understanding of the trading decision process, including position sizing, risk/reward, fundamental and technical analysis, and psychological factors influencing successful trading

- Understanding of energy markets, ideally crude oil/refined products or gas/power/LNG markets.

- Analytical knowledge, ideally with direct application to a trading business (i.e. as a fundamentals analyst, data scientist, structurer or quant) is desirable.

- Excellent technology skills and comfort with Excel and data processing is required. Programming experience is desirable.

- Experience breaking down, structuring and conveying knowledge, either as a mentor, trainer, lecturer or similar is desirable.

Behavioral:

- Strong evidence of being a self-starter who proactively takes initiative, handles multiple / conflicting priorities, demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in handling change in a complex environment

- Comfortable working in a team environment, both in their ability to lend a hand to others when needed and entrusting others by asking for their help, when vital.

- Sound judgment with the ability to simplify and resolve sophisticated issues.

- Excellent performance consulting, collaborator leadership skills are essential. Demonstrated ability to apply discernment and clearly link value to business results.

- Ability to think strategically and be creative

- Other general business skills include analytical thinking, discernment, change management, decision making, problem solving, project and collaborator management.

- Embodies BP’s Values and Behaviours and leadership expectations

Key Relationships - Internal, External:

Internal (i.e. within bp) key relationships:

- Liaise with global trading leads and other business leads to define, deliver and improve training, assessment and selection processes.

- Liaise with subject matter authorities in specialist fields whvitalsary, including traders, analysts, structurers and origination teams.

- Work with the global learning team to ensure consistency where appropriate, while maintaining regional nuance where vital.

- Work with HR partnering teams on ensuring alignment between talent management, recruitment, and employee engagement strategies.

- Working as part of cross-functional project teams for strategic planning, coaching and inspiring others on bp’s skills and learning processes.

- IT and digital teams: collaborating to implement digital tools and technologies that support the deployment of learning and assessment, including custom trader training systems.

External (i.e. outside of bp) key relationships:

- Vendors: helps be a great partner between bp and vendors to ensure vendors deliver against agreed contracts.

- - Leaders with vision and external organizations - seek and use external insights, standard process and emerging trends in skills and learning solutions, as well as staying aware of the evolution of relevant institutions such as energy companies, trading houses and hedge funds.

How much do we pay (Base)? $127,000-237,000

- Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position is eligible for US Benefits: Core This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120-240 hours of vacation per year for full time employees (60-240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at Core U.S. Benefits. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more by visiting Core U.S. Benefits.

We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401K matching program. These benefits include a pension for eligible employees. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits.

As part of bp’s wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits.

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:

Agility core practices, Communication, Continued Learning, Creating and measuring impact, Curiosity, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Design Thinking, Knowledge Sharing, Leadership development, Learning application and behavioural change, Learning content design and management, Learning delivery and facilitation, Marketing learning, Performance Consulting, Stakeholder Management, Talent Management, User experience research, Writing skills

Legal Disclaimer:

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