Trader, Commodity Senior
About The Position
CHS Inc. is hiring a Senior Commodity Trader for Crop Nutrients/Agronomy. The Senior Commodity Trader owns and manages a defined trading book with full P&L accountability, develops and executes trading and risk management strategies, and leads commercial engagement for assigned commodities. The role provides strategic leadership across markets, customers, and internal partners and serves as a key decision-maker in positioning, arbitrage, and risk management. This is an onsite position at CHS’s global corporate headquarters in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The position includes travel up to 20%.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least 4 years of experience in trading, procurement, or commodities.
- Significant experience in commodity trading or risk management.
- Proven P&L accountability and performance.
- Strong commercial judgment and decision-making skills.
- Experience trading agricultural commodities, fertilizers, or energy.
- Strong understanding of global supply chains and logistics.
- Demonstrated ability to use data, models, or structured analysis to inform trading decisions.
- Familiarity with analytics tools, dashboards, or AI-enabled platforms and ability to incorporate their outputs into commercial decision-making.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
- Experience building or interpreting Excel-based models or analytical frameworks.
- Experience mentoring or leading traders.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage a defined trading book, with direct accountability for profitability, risk exposure, and performance.
- Develop, execute, and adjust trading strategies within approved risk limits.
- Actively manage flat price, basis, and structural risk.
- Lead development of market points of view based on global and regional supply-and-demand fundamentals.
- Identify and execute arbitrage and positioning opportunities.
- Integrate data-driven insights, scenario analysis, and AI-supported outputs into market views.
- Translate market intelligence into commercial strategies with clear risk/return trade-offs.
- Develop and maintain senior-level relationships with customers, suppliers, and counterparties.
- Lead commercial negotiations for physical and structured transactions.
- Partner with sales teams to drive growth and value creation.
- Coordinate across logistics, execution, finance, legal, tax, credit, and risk.
- Oversee contract review and execution planning.
- Ensure compliance with governance and regulatory standards.
- Use structured analysis, including supply-and-demand balances, scenario modeling, and sensitivity analysis, to support trading decisions.
- Use and improve digital tools, dashboards, and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance market insight and execution.
- Identify opportunities to embed automation, improve data quality, and accelerate decision timelines in the trading workflow.
- Partner with internal resources to advance practical AI use cases that improve commercial outcomes.
- Mentor and develop junior traders and associates.
- Contribute to trading capability development, including improving the team’s analytical and data fluency.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Wellness programs.
- Life insurance.
- Health and dependent care spending accounts.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k).
- Pension.
- Profit sharing.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Adoption assistance.
- Competitive total rewards package; compensation may include bonus, incentives, or commissions depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
