Junior Forwarder (1-year temporary contract)
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Junior Forwarder will be responsible for the execution of cocoa bean contracts, trade execution activities, shipment execution, supplier and customer interaction, process improvements, data management & document handling. The junior forwarder will continuously keep track and make sure the execution is done in a timely, cost-efficient and time-convenient way, honoring the contract and trading rules and find a good balance between executional practices and commercial decisions. In this role, you will conduct contract execution, data management, reporting and analysis, shipping, client interaction, business partnership and people, resource, budget and project management.
Key Accountabilities
• Execution of cocoa bean contracts under basic and complex trading rules.
• Freight Execution (container and bulk) for transport of goods from origin to destination.
• Responsible for proper, time- and cost-efficient execution and related administrative tasks.
• Evaluate, select and foster ongoing relationships with external suppliers and transport providers.
• Use comprehensive knowledge of the transportation and logistics industry to make recommendations to establish good customer relations.
• Perform data entry updates using spreadsheets and databases based on sales orders and contracts, interpret and analyze data and communicate results to more senior team members for further analysis.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
Preferred Qualifications
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Understanding of cocoa trading rules (FCC rules)
• Experience in SAP (TC2)
• Experience in trade execution, preferably cocoa
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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