Vice President – Zinc Trading

Vice President – Zinc
United States | Executive Leadership | Confidential Search

The Opportunity
A highly entrepreneurial metals merchant backed by one of the world’s most significant industrial
metals producers is seeking a commercial leader to build and scale its North American zinc
platform.

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a business at an inflection point. With substantial
committed supply, strong financial backing, and a clear growth mandate, the successful candidate
will lead the development of a zinc franchise positioned to become one of the most influential
participants in the North American market over the coming decade.

About the Business
Our client is a well-established global metals trading and recycling company with a long-standing
reputation across non-ferrous markets. Following a transformational strategic investment by a major
international metals producer, the business is entering an accelerated growth phase across primary
metals, recycling, and critical minerals.

The Role
Reporting directly to senior executive leadership, the Vice President – Zinc will assume
responsibility for the commercial performance, strategic development, and long-term growth of the
North American zinc business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute the strategic growth plan for the North American zinc business.
• Assume full responsibility for divisional profitability, growth, and commercial performance.
• Develop new revenue streams across primary and secondary zinc markets.
• Act as the senior commercial interface with key strategic supply partners.
• Expand market penetration across major zinc-consuming sectors.
• Provide leadership on pricing strategy, hedging, inventory management, and risk governance.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing commercial team.
• Maintain deep knowledge of market fundamentals and competitive dynamics.
• Support adjacent growth opportunities in recycled materials and strategic metals.

The Candidate:

• Significant experience within physical zinc, non-ferrous metals, or related commodity markets.
• Proven track record of developing profitable customer relationships and growing revenues.
• Strong understanding of physical trading, pricing mechanisms, hedging, and risk management.
• Experience leading teams and developing talent.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong commercial judgement and execution capability.

Why Join?
The successful candidate will inherit significant growth potential, strong financial backing, strategic
supply relationships, executive visibility, and a genuine opportunity to shape the future direction of a
major North American metals business.

Location: United States (Midwest preferred, flexibility for the right candidate)
Compensation: Highly competitive executive compensation package, including performance-driven incentives.

To arrange a confidential discussion around this opportunity, please contact the Managing Partners on this search at jonathan.margrave@imperiumcs.com & mark.taylor@imperiumcs.com 

Confidential Search Conducted by Imperium Commodity Search