Commercial Graduate Programme

Commercial- Graduate Programme

Melrose, Johannesburg

Our Commercial Graduate Programme 

Based within our dynamic trading environment, our programmes are structured to bring out the very best in you and give you the opportunity to excel in a commercial role, working alongside the very best people in the business. 

You will have direct exposure to the commercial teams and will be trusted with individual responsibility from day one. 

The commercial programme is designed to prove your commercial aptitude and test your resilience as the front-line support within Logistics, Traffic, Risk, middle office, LME Desk Support, Business Development, with opportunities to rotate.  

Entrepreneurial abilities, accuracy, and strong communication skills are the key ingredients for a successful career at Glencore. 

Our Ideal Candidate: 

• We are looking for students who are currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from a Bachelors or Masters degree, ideally in STEM, Finance, Economics or similar, and are available to start in 2027. We welcome graduates to start anytime from January through to December, based on your availability.  

• Has an open, flexible and team-oriented personality with an interdisciplinary thinking and solution-oriented working attitude 

• Proficiency with IT applications, including advanced Excel and data-analysis tools; experience with Power BI and Python is desirable. 

• Self-driven with a positive attitude 

• Willing to embrace a diversity of tasks and responsibilities 

• Aims to improve processes and procedures to maximize efficiency 

• High attention to detail and process-oriented 

• Able to display good time management and organizational skills 

• Able to work and communicate with people from various backgrounds inside and outside the Company 

Who we are

Glencore is one of the worlds largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that advance everyday life.

With over 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 30 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of offices.

Glencores customers are principally industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.