Commodity Trading Associate

cargill • Wahpeton, ND

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About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level