Merchant II

Cargill • Blair, NE

9d

About The Position

The Merchant II executes and monitors merchandising strategies for a specific commodity or market by originating, buying, and selling commodities to support target volumes, margins, and business performance. With limited supervision, the role monitors physical positions, contract exposures, and lower-risk cash positions; gathers and analyzes market, customer, and supplier information; and coordinates with cross-functional and cross-business teams to support efficient execution of physical flows and contracts within defined risk parameters. The role manages a targeted list of producer customers to help achieve 70% overall producer origination at the facility.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience; the posting says the role typically reflects 3 or more years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Commodity merchandising experience.
• Agriculture industry experience.
• Customer service experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement short-term merchandising strategies by originating, buying, and selling commodities to optimize margins, achieve target volumes, and support business performance.
• Monitor physical positions, contract exposures, and lower-risk cash positions, including futures hedges, and ensure transactions meet timing, volume, quality, specification, and cost requirements.
• Gather and analyze supply-and-demand trends, pricing dynamics, logistics constraints, customer requirements, product specifications, sustainability considerations, and market movements to support merchandising decisions and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers, brokers, and market participants to support transactions, understand needs, identify opportunities, and create value.
• Implement and monitor short-term merchandising plans for a specific commodity or market, contributing ideas and insights to broader merchandising strategies.
• Monitor market, credit, price, volume, and operational risks associated with cash positions, futures hedges, contracts, and physical flows; escalate or recommend mitigation actions in line with business guidelines and risk management expectations.
• Collaborate with logistics, supply chain, plant operations, finance, pricing, technical, trading, commercial, analytics, and operational teams to support execution of physical flows, contracts, and merchandising activities.
• Engage with market participants and industry networks to gather customer, supplier, and market insights that support market intelligence and business opportunities.
• Manage a targeted list of producer customers to help achieve 70% overall producer origination at the facility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed