Commercial Director at Sabi

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.