Feed Merchant, Wheat

Job Description:

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 Feed Merchant, Wheat will handle a moderately complex supplier base and fulfill transactions delivering commodities that meet production requirements and specifications in terms of timing, volume, quantity and cost. In this role, you will buy and sell commodities from and to country elevators, traders and feed mills.

Key Accountabilities

* Collaborate with internal production plants across our network, transportation and logistics, quality assurance, customer managers and credit manager to ensure efficient execution.
* Engage in commercial negotiations both indirectly via brokers and primarly through direct partner interactions, largely conducted by phone, with accountability for outcome and value creation.
* Plan trades and transportation to maximize profitable use of stock and storage facilities.
* Enter routine data and run specialty reports from our contract management databases and systems.
* Research and analyze various opportunities in the marketplace to maximize margin.
* Work directly with business counterparts to meet their needs in solving routine problems and addressing complaints and concerns.
* 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 requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.
* Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

* Professional fluency in English; additional languages such as German, Polish, or Dutch are a plus
* Strong negotiation skills with experience in customer-facing roles
* Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
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.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
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