Junior Agricultural Commodity Trader at Louis Dreyfus Company

Job Description

Commercial:

• Perform physical trade operations with a focus on origination of grains (yellow and white corn) and oilseeds (focus on soybeans) for both domestic and export flows
• Assist senior trader to identify, execute and optimize PnL on cash trading opportunities locally, regionally and globally
• Ensure trade to cash process is implemented (validation of contracts, exchanges of futures, FX hedge for sales, collection of funds, collection of cargo in case of prepayment)
• Follow execution of the program, assist in solving daily issues (interface with execution, freight team, and destination teams)

Analysis:

• Conduct market analysis in coordination with research team to develop and operate intelligence/trading tools (Price arb / competitiveness analysis, price analyses…).
• Support prices analysis and S&D modeling, send out key market information, analysis and updates to the platform (import and export line-ups for key origins, ad-hoc analyses and reports)
• Participate, under Senior Trader’s supervision, in all the in-house and external commercial interactions
• Build personal relationship with key stakeholders (internal and external)
• Identify trends and market developments, ensuring the exchange of information and the production of market and other reports    

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant field, such as Agronomy, engineering, economics, business.

Knowledge:

• Ability to manage a certain level of complexity and good problem-solving skills.
• Analytical mindset, at ease with numbers and proven negotiation skills.
• Possesses a certain layer of finesse and tact in order to represent the Company in from of customers
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work in a multi-cultural and cross-functional team
• Flexibility, ability to cope with fast-paced changes within a growing company

Systems:

• Advanced user of Excel and PowerBI
• Any programming knowledge would be useful