Trade Sales Director

Lloyds Banking Group; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK banking institution is seeking a Trade Sales Director to deliver working capital solutions and income growth. This role involves defining strategy, structuring Trade solutions, and managing client relationships. The successful candidate should have strong credit assessment skills and a proven track record in Trade Sales and Relationship Management. The position offers a hybrid working environment with a focus on team collaboration and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong credit analytical skills to evaluate complex financial information.
• Track record in Trade Sales or Business Development environments.
• Proven ability to motivate and drive customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Define the regional strategy and work closely with the team.
• Identify customer needs to develop Trade solutions.
• Act as lead for product relationships within the client portfolio.
• Manage risk and compliance across all transactions.
• Deliver income and lending growth in alignment with business plans.

Skills

Trade products knowledge

Credit assessment

Relationship management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Partner management

Education

Post graduate qualifications in economics, finance, or management

Job description

Description

Job title : Trade Sales Director

Location : London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester

Salary : £90,440 - £123,160

• depending on location, skills & experience

Hours : Full time

Working Pattern : Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

As a Trade Sales Director, you’ll be expected to deliver comprehensive working capital solutions to clients, whilst being responsible for delivering income and asset growth in line with agreed business plans. You’ll be required to work collaboratively with key colleagues in the Commercial Banking Coverage team and you'll be responsible for managing key partner relationships with Coverage, Credit and other product specialists. This senior role requires a strong regional presence in the marketplace to identify and deliver high quality new business opportunities through design and implementation of tailored Trade Finance solutions. Specialist product knowledge would be highly advantageous for this role. There is great opportunity for personal development within the role, and you’ll receive full support for career development.

What you’ll be doing

Define the strategy for the region, working closely with key colleagues including Coverage and professional networks.

Identify customer needs to develop and structure Trade solutions to meet customer’s working capital and risk management requirements.

Act as product specialist lead for relationships within the portfolio of existing and target clients.

Recognise and develop opportunities to expand client relationships using appropriate Trade solutions.

Work alongside Coverage and other product specialists across to deliver new to bank relationships.

Prepare and submit credit applications in conjunction with Relationship teams and engage with colleagues in product, sales support, and risk to complete Trade transactions.

Act as client point of contact for Trade, with the ability to discuss technical and operational aspects of transactions.

Deliver income and lending growth in line with team business plans, through delivering appropriate solutions to meet client needs.

Actively manage risk, across the portfolio and on new transactions, and maintain high standards of adherence to all risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements to protect and enhance the banks’ reputation.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever‑changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too!

What you’ll need

Technical knowledge and understanding of Trade products and solutions.

Strong credit assessment and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate complex financial information and structure appropriate solutions.

Track record of success in Trade Sales, Relationship Management, or a Business Development role.

Excellent interpersonal and team working skills with a proven ability to motivate and drive forward customers relationships.

Strong partner management with ability to collaborate across internal & external partner networks.

Excellent communication and partner management skills, with the confidence to engage credibly at senior levels both internally and externally.

Sound commercial, technical and risk based decision‑making capability, within delegated authority or with referral to appropriate partners.

Commercially proficient with validated experience of leading strategic, high value transactions, from origination through to execution.

The role may include line management responsibilities of Associate Directors so a collaborative and empowering leadership style will be required

It would also be useful if you had

• Post graduate economic, finance and or management qualifications.
• Institute of Export – Certified International Trade Advisor or equivalent.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus.
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values‑led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.