Commercial Graduate - September 2023 Intake - London London, England
Job description
The Role: S&P Global Commodity Insights Commercial Graduate Program - September 2023
The Location: London, Ropemaker Street
The Team/The Business : The Commodity Insights Commercial Graduate Program journey begins with an intensive 5-week onboarding in our London office.
The 3-months thereafter you will be part of the EMEA Client Services Team, focusing on building a foundational knowledge of the commodity markets, developing essential business-related skills while learning about various Commodity Insights data, research, and analytical products. At Client Services, you would be a primary contact for clients, providing solutions to their requests in a timely, professional, and courteous manner and providing training on Commodity Insights products through WebEx and onsite visits.
The program will consist of rotations to sales, channel management and marketing functions. This will enable each graduate to gain a holistic perspective of the business. Combined with on-the-job learning, graduates must complete and pass certification milestones along with a rigorous evaluation process that will test and stretch their skills and capabilities. As you progress though the program, you will have the opportunity to support the sales team and ultimately generate additional revenue that helps to grow our business.
You will be offered the opportunity to assist S&P Global Commodity Insights in achieving its mission of being one of the leading providers of the highest quality price assessments and analytical information to the world’s financial and commodity markets. Our real-time news, pricing and analytical services help markets operate with transparency and efficiency worldwide. As the principal provider of commodity price assessment and information to more than 10,000 customers in 150 countries and with 20 offices spanning five continents, you will form part of a truly globally diverse workforce. You will be part of a rapidly growing organization with an exceptional corporate culture. Our data, analytics, and research help our customers make informed, smarter business decisions and investments.
We are looking for high achievers from a diverse pool of current undergraduates or recent graduates who are passionate about the energy and commodities markets and want to develop their career in a dynamic, high performing and multicultural commercial team. You will be someone who is passionate about client interaction, the energy industry and who can quickly work out how to make things happen through intellectual curiosity, creativity, exceptional learning agility and problem solving skills as well as effective networking and collaboration skills.
What’s in it for you:
You will join as a member of a cohort of Commercial Associates. Here, you will be introduced to world-class experts in various commodities including former chief economists, traders and risk managers. They will give presentations about how commodity markets work and provide insightful perspectives on global economic, political, technological and legal issues linked to their specializations. You will also be enrolled in an e-learning curriculum, providing foundational knowledge about the technical aspects of various commodities and market.
Within weeks you will have the opportunity to present topics to senior management and to get constructive feedback on your progress. Throughout the program you will learn how to use tools including Commodity Insights products, Excel add-ins and CRM systems.
You will be challenged on a daily basis with a steep learning curve. You will get the opportunity to work with a broad range of clients including governments, investment banks, commodity trading houses, major oil and gas companies, hedge funds and industry and get to be part of a large energetic and international team with fantastic opportunities for growth.
Career paths after the 18-month initial phase of the program include:
Regional Sales
Analytical Sales
Client Services
Responsibilities:
Help clients understand how to navigate and extract useful data from the S&P Global Commodity Insights product range.
Liaise with the content, commercial and technical teams to address any client queries and ensure our data is maintained to the highest standards.
Proactively reaching out to clients for face-to-face/WebEx training (this will apply towards the later stages of development once fully fluent and certified on the product range).
Conduct research about important issues at the forefront of energy and commodity markets and present this to colleagues.
Support sales teams with research and proposals.
Build account overviews and plans to support strategic sales teams.
Design data-driven models and templates for clients.
Create marketing materials for commercial culture initiatives and future graduate cohorts.
Getting involved in special project initiatives were determined necessary by management.
What we’re looking for:
European language is desirable (preferably fluent in Spanish and/or French, with English as prerequisite)
Fully matriculated students maintaining a BSc or BA degree, or equivalent. Postgraduates and/or Master’s degree also acceptable.
All degrees welcome: concentration in Commercial, Marketing, Communications, Languages, Geography, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or energy-commodity related disciplines preferred
Strong communication (good verbal skills, listening techniques, and a clear, concise writing style) and the role will involve speaking to our diverse clients.
Familiarity with or strong interest in learning about commodity markets
Able to learn quickly, multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
Understand importance of building strong relationships and partnering with team members.
Problem-solving, time-management, attention to detail & organizational abilities to work efficiently with clients
Intellectually curious; the ability to learn quickly
Some knowledge of social media and web technologies (e.g. HTML)
Significant comfort level with suite of Microsoft Office products (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint Excel)
You must have the right to work in the UK through UK citizenship or approved EU Settlement Scheme.
About S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights enables organizations to create long-term, sustainable value with data and insights for a complete view on the global energy and commodities markets.
S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
About Company Statement:
S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you’ll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape.
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S&P Global Ratings offers critical insights for credit, risk and sustainable finance solutions that are essential to translating complexity into clarity, so market participants can uncover opportunities.
S&P Global Commodity Insights enables organizations to create long-term, sustainable value with data and insights for a complete view on the global energy and commodities markets.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law.
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Job ID: 284803
Posted On: 2023-03-27
Location: London, United Kingdom
