Merchant III

cargill • Olathe, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is in Cargill's Ag & Trading enterprise, where they connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. They also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions. The Merchant III will handle a moderately complex supplier base and fulfill transactions delivering soybeans that meet production requirements and specifications in terms of timing, volume, quantity, and cost. In this role, you will buy soybeans from country elevators, producers, and feed mills into the Iowa Falls and Cedar Rapids Iowa crush plants.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

Nice To Haves

• Four years or more of commodity Merchandising Experience
• Proven ability to understand grain margins, futures, and basis relationships

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with transportation and logistics, quality assurance, customer managers and credit managers to ensure efficient execution.
• Plan purchases 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 freight opportunities in the marketplace to maximize margin.
• Work directly with customers, suppliers, and 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.

What This Job Offers

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