Imperium Commodity Search

Imperium Commodity Search is a global executive search and headhunting firm for the commodities trading and brokerage markets. It recruits in metals and mining, energy, shipping, agricultural and soft commodities, across trading, brokerage and logistics businesses. Its head office is in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

The roles it fills include commodity traders in areas such as steel, bunkers, LNG, sugar and copper, as well as shipbrokers, futures and energy brokers, market and credit analysts, portfolio managers, risk managers, and logistics, procurement and supply chain managers. For candidates it covers trading, brokerage, operations, fund and back office roles. Clients can use retained search, search partnerships, extraction search and team moves, along with salary benchmarking, market mapping and feasibility studies. It also provides free hiring planning tools.

The company reports a 96 per cent fulfilment rate, a 99 per cent retention rate, a time to map of under 10 weeks and a one month hire guarantee. It says it plants trees each time a client retains it on a search, and has partnered with Ripple Africa on a sustainable recruitment platform.