Merchant - Grains

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 Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Merchant will handle a moderately complex customer 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, producers, feed mills and processors.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Generation/Business Development, key account management, Customer relationship management.
• Planning and coordination of end to end commodity stocking process.
• Enter routine data and run specialty reports from our contract management databases and systems.
• Research and analyze various opportunities in the marketplace to maximize customer satisfaction.
• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• MBA preferred
• Minimum requirement of 3-5 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience