Commodity Trading Associate
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 Commodity Trading Associate will participate in developing and executing strategies to manage a commodity supply chain, corn, that meets the requirements and specifications in terms of timing, quality, quantity and cost for our corn processing assets and businesses. This role will work with a supplier base and execute transactions, oversee logistics and deploy marketing solutions to optimize the effectiveness of the supplier relationship.
Key Accountabilities
- Collaborate with transportation and logistics, quality assurance, customer managers and credit manager to ensure efficient execution and resolve routine problems.
- Help plan purchases and transportation to maximize profitable use of stock and storage facilities.
- Enter most routine data and run specialty reports from our contract management databases and systems.
- Research, learn and understand factors of local, regional and global supply and demand models and the impact on markets.
- Research and analyze various freight opportunities in the marketplace to maximize margin.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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