Senior Manager (m/w/d) - Commodities & Energy Trading, AI & Trading Transformation

Our Commodities and Energy Trading practice is looking for an experienced Senior Manager (m/w/d) to join our team in Düsseldorf or Munich.

We work with leading commodity and energy trading organisations, utilities and large energy consumers. Our work spans strategy, operating model and process design, trading transformation, commercial optimisation, risk and regulation, flexibility integration, and technology delivery.

This is an opportunity to advise influential organisations on strategic priorities and deliver meaningful change across trading operations, commercial performance and new technologies, while playing a visible role in building our German and European business.

What you will be doing

As a Senior Manager in our Commodities & Energy Trading practice, you will help clients navigate changing commodity markets by combining trading expertise with the practical application of data, analytics and AI.

You will play a key role in shaping and delivering our commodity and energy trading proposition: leading client engagements, developing new opportunities and showing clients where AI and advanced analytics can create genuine commercial value.

You are likely to bring deep expertise in either commodities and energy trading or data, analytics and AI, together with some understanding or practical exposure to the other. You will work alongside specialists from both disciplines, building on your core expertise while continuing to deepen your capabilities across the intersection of trading and AI. The aim is to turn emerging AI capabilities into practical, measurable improvements in how trading businesses operate.

AI & Trading Transformation

• Shape propositions at the intersection of commodity trading, AI and digital transformation, and bring market insight on how AI is changing trading organisations, business models and competitive dynamics
• Translate real trading problems into practical GenAI and agentic use cases that deliver value to clients
• Advise clients on where AI should augment human decision-making, where workflows can be automated, and where human judgement remains critical
• Design trading journeys from opportunity identification and experimentation through to scaled adoption, with the metrics and value cases that show impact on performance, productivity, risk and profitability
• Work with traders, portfolio managers, data scientists and technology teams to turn concepts into solutions that operate in live trading environments
• Drive adoption of GenAI copilots, agents and intelligent workflows that improve trader productivity and decision quality
• Establish governance, model risk, human oversight and responsible-use approaches without losing sight of commercial outcomes

Commodities & Energy Trading

• Advise on front-to-back trading processes, from market intelligence and trade origination through execution, scheduling, settlement and risk management across commodities including Power, Oil & Refined Products, Natural Gas, LNG, Metals, Renewables and Environmental Products
• Support clients in evolving their trading strategies, operating models and capabilities in response to changing markets and new technologies
• Bring an understanding of market structure, pricing, forecasting, physical flows and the commercial decisions that drive trading performance

Your skills and experience

We are looking for an experienced professional with 8-12+ years of relevant experience and a strong background in either commodities and energy trading or data, analytics and AI. The strongest candidates will combine meaningful experience across both areas. However, we also welcome applicants who bring deep expertise in one discipline alongside a working understanding of, or some practical exposure to, the other.

You might be a commodities and trading specialist who has applied data, analytics or AI to trading decisions, processes or transformation, or a data and AI practitioner who has worked in, or gained exposure to, commodities, energy or another trading environment.

You do not need equal depth in both disciplines, but you should be able to demonstrate a genuine foundation in each and a clear motivation to deepen your experience at their intersection.

What we look for in everyone

• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to engage credibly with senior trading and executive stakeholders
• The ability to distinguish genuinely valuable AI opportunities from technology-led experimentation
• Experience contributing to or leading complex transformation, strategy or operating-model engagements
• Strong leadership, communication and team-development skills
• Deep expertise in either commodities and energy trading or data, analytics and AI, together with a working understanding of, or some practical exposure to, the other discipline and the commitment to continue building depth across both

If your primary background is in commodities and trading, you will ideally bring

• Deep expertise in at least one commodity, such as Power, Gas, LNG, Oil, Metals or Environmental Products
• A strong understanding of trading, portfolio management, risk, physical flows, scheduling, optimisation and/or commercial operations
• Familiarity with ETRM/CTRM platforms and the wider trading technology and data ecosystems
• Some experience of using, sponsoring or shaping data, analytics, automation or AI initiatives within a trading or commercial environment, together with an understanding of how these capabilities can improve trading decisions, processes and outcomes

If your primary background is in data, analytics and AI, you will ideally bring

• Practical experience identifying, shaping or delivering AI, GenAI, machine learning or intelligent automation use cases
• An understanding of the opportunities and limitations of GenAI, LLMs, AI agents and decision-support tools, and how they apply in a trading environment
• Some experience of commodities, energy, financial markets or trading environments, with an understanding of how trading organisations make decisions, manage risk and generate value, together with a strong interest in deepening your knowledge of commodity markets and front-to-back trading processes

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 days every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.