Trader Development Program - Chicago IL
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The Trader Development Program in our downtown Chicago office supports our Oil, Gasoline, Distillates and Natural Gas Liquids businesses. Trading provides BP’s external face to the financial markets. We trade on all of the major energy commodity exchanges as well as in the OTC market. Our traders develop and execute trading strategies, manage risk, and optimize BP’s assets. Throughout our Trading program you will learn the necessary skills to gather, interpret, and act on data while monitoring risks.
DEVELOPMENT
Your Development – Trader Development Program (TDP).
Our Integrated Supply & Trading business has two offices in the United States. Our team in Chicago, IL focuses on oil and refined products and offers graduate rotation programs in disciplines including analytics, operations and trading.
Our program is a series of 1-year rotations, lasting for a total of 3-years and is designed to be:
• High energy with rigorous assessment and performance management throughout!
• Robust, giving graduates a wide exposure to our business
• Supportive, supplemented by a learning and development offer, mentor and buddy system, as well as on the job training
• Given exposure to both the Houston and Chicago offices
SEGMENT
At BP, energy trading comes together in our global Supply and Trading group. It is where we link our experience, as a leading energy producer and marketer, with our knowledge of specific markets to provide customers with the energy products and service they need, whether oil, gas, electrical power, chemicals, finance, or a combination of these. It takes innovative thinking...knowledge...teamwork...creativity - characteristics that make for a challenging and highly stimulating environment for people working in Supply and Trading.
Our expertise and reputation are built around our people, systems and information flows. We operate across all BP’s businesses, touching 60-65% of the Group’s turnover, providing the commercial face of BP to the traded commodity and financial markets. BP’s Supply and Trading professionals working in 35 countries make us one of the largest energy supply and trading firms in the world.
Energy markets provide some of the most challenging trading environments for individuals looking to succeed in the trading arena. The ever shifting geo-political, regulatory and environmental landscape provides a unique opportunity for high potential candidates.