Commercial Analyst
About Javelin
Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm with head offices in London and wider global offices in New York, Dallas, San Diego, St Louis, Canada, Switzerland, Poland, Dubai, India, Singapore, China and Australia. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across six continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, agriculture, and renewables.
Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 200 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic. Our success over the years has been built on our guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.
Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Javelin has a dedicated strategy to support local and meaningful charities through volunteer days, donation matching, a ‘give as you earn’ scheme and other fundraising activities. We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and organise various social evenings, sports clubs and lunchtime activities. Our London office has on-site gym facilities and a golf/sports simulator.
The Role
The Green Carbon team at Javelin operates in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment and brings together industry leaders in the delivery of sustainable bioenergy solutions.
The Commercial Analyst will play a key role within the team, supporting the day-to-day execution of commercial and strategic activities. The role involves managing and coordinating a portfolio of high-impact projects across Europe and Asia, with a strong focus on driving operational efficiencies and continuous process improvement.
This position requires strong analytical capability, commercial insight, and excellent presentation skills. The Commercial Analyst will support trading activities, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic cooperation initiatives, while helping to drive internal processes through to completion.
In addition, the role will contribute to strengthening supplier and customer relationships, ensuring commercial performance and long-term value creation across the business.
Responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day execution of commercial and strategic initiatives within the Green Carbon team
- Support a portfolio of projects across US, Europe and Asia
- Conduct commercial and financial analysis to support decision-making
- Drive operational efficiencies and continuous process improvement initiatives
- Prepare presentations, reports, and briefing materials for internal and external stakeholders
- Provide analytical and execution support for trading activities
- Assist with acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic cooperation initiatives
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely completion of internal processes
- Support commercial negotiations and transaction execution where required
- Strengthen and maintain supplier and customer relationships
- Monitor commercial performance and identify opportunities for value creation.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience and a strong understanding of the biocarbon or renewable energy markets
- Experience in the sale of multiple products/ product lines in a complex international environment
- Intrinsically motivated, results oriented, and committed to a culture of continuous improvement and learning, whilst communicating to stakeholders across the firm to ensure cohesion
- High level of comfort analysing and visualizing data in an easy-to-understand manner and drawing out relevant insights that can inform decision-making processes
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build genuine relationships with ease.
Travel Requirements
- The role is based full-time in the London (Victoria) office, but occasional travel required to customer locations.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days holiday
- Company pension scheme (10% company contribution)
- Private medical scheme with a range of additional wellbeing benefits
- Travel insurance
- Income protection
- Life insurance (5x salary)
- Bike2Work scheme including secure storage and showers
- Season ticket loan
- Onsite gym.