Merchant II

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 II will handle a moderately complex supplier 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. This role will be focused in the Indiana, Illinois and Michigan markets with primary responsibilities across corn, soybeans, and soft red winter wheat for the respective assets.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with transportation and logistics, quality assurance, customer managers and credit manager 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.
• Develop, own and articulate a strong understanding of the immediate market for relevant commodities, translating into clear bias and gameplan that is further articulated across cross functional teams for execution
• Other duties as assigned

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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