The Role
As a Commercial Director, you'll develop and execute strategies for revenue growth, lead cross-functional teams, and manage key customer relationships while analyzing market trends and negotiating contracts.
Summary Generated by Built In
About
Sabi
Sabi exists
to transform the way the world sources African
commodities. We unlock the full potential of
African trade by empowering informal merchants
with the infrastructure, technology, financing,
and services they need to scale and meet global
demand.
Our mission is to bring transparency, reliability, and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains — connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an end-to-end operating system for trade — built for Africa’s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants, traders, and buyers move goods faster, finance growth, ensure quality, and unlock opportunity—even amid political or market uncertainty.
Our mission is to bring transparency, reliability, and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains — connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an end-to-end operating system for trade — built for Africa’s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants, traders, and buyers move goods faster, finance growth, ensure quality, and unlock opportunity—even amid political or market uncertainty.
Job
Summary
Do you lead with commercial rigor, strategic clarity, and a bias for scale? As a Commercial Director, you’ll be the architect and executor of Sabi’s commercial strategy for Materials and Specialty Alloys. You will work closely with all key stakeholders to align business goal, execution, supply chain infrastructure and ensure every part of the business delivers measurable impact at scale.
What
you will be doing
- Develop and execute commercial strategies to drive revenue growth.
- Lead global off-take, pricing, and strategic partnerships for specialty alloys and critical materials
- Lead cross-functional teams to launch new materials products or services.
- Identify market trends, customer needs, and competitor activity.
- Build and maintain relationships with key customers, partners, and stakeholders.
- Negotiate contracts, pricing, and agreements.
- Analyze market data to inform commercial decisions.
- Collaborate with R&D, sales, and marketing teams.
Requirements
Special Skills and Qualifications
- 15+ yrs in specialty alloys (e.g., vanadium, titanium, high-nickel steels)
- Strong exposure to critical materials (e.g., niobium, cobalt) that feed alloy manufacturing
- Commercial leadership experience across industrial metals provides a pricing, trading, and logistics is an edge
- Experience in downstream value chains (e.g., aerospace, defense, energy, EV supply)
- Has structured high-value offtake or tolling deals across multiple geographies
- Commercial rigor- Negotiation credibility- Global fluency- Clean-tech exposure- Structured communicator
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Demonstrated curiosity, drive, and a growth mindset
Candidate Specification
- Motivated
by the mission of Sabi
- Pragmatic
with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
- Driven,
independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple
projects simultaneously with fast-changing priorities
- High
level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
- A
focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
- Flexibility
to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as
they arise, where you will need to set out a clear structure,
method and outcomes yourself.
Why Join Sabi
At Sabi, we’re more than a company—we’re a movement. Join a team of bold thinkers, builders, and doers working to reshape the future of global trade. We work at the edge of innovation in technology, commerce, and sustainability—and we do it with heart. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help build the infrastructure that powers responsible trade in Africa and beyond, we’d love to hear from you.
Our Process:
- Prescreening
with the Talent team
- Interviews
and Case Assessments with the Hiring team.
- Follow
up interviews with Sabi Leadership team.
- Hiring Decision
Benefits
- Rapid Career Growth
- Annual
Training Budget
- Robust
Health Coverage
- Paid
Time Off
- Fully-funded Team Bonding Activities
Skills Required
- 15+ years in specialty alloys (e.g., vanadium, titanium, high-nickel steels)
- Strong exposure to critical materials (e.g., niobium, cobalt)
- Commercial leadership experience across industrial metals
- Experience in downstream value chains (e.g., aerospace, defense, energy, EV supply)
- Has structured high-value offtake or tolling deals across multiple geographies
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The Company
What We Do
Sabi is an African technology company providing infrastructure for the distribution of goods and services, focusing on supply chain management, e-commerce, and financial services. It has pivoted to specialize in traceable commodity exports, including minerals and agricultural products.
