Trade Execution Specialist Containers

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.

Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain business, where we seamlessly connect farming customers with food, feed and industry.

Job Purpose and Impact

As a Trade Execution Specialist, you will be at the centre of our global supply chain, ensuring the seamless execution of containerised commodity contracts from sale through to final delivery. Based in Melbourne, we are looking for a highly organised and proactive professional who thrives on building relationships, solving challenges and coordinating multiple moving parts in a dynamic trading environment. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will take ownership of the end-to-end execution of assigned contracts, ensuring shipments, documentation and contractual obligations are managed accurately, efficiently and in line with regulatory and business requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage the end-to-end execution of assigned container contracts, ensuring contractual obligations, shipment requirements and customer commitments are delivered accurately, compliantly and within required timeframes.


• Coordinate container shipments from contract handover through booking, packing, vessel departure, documentation, arrival and closure, while proactively managing risks, exceptions and operational disruptions.


• Oversee the preparation, review and presentation of shipping, regulatory and payment documentation, ensuring compliance with contractual, banking, regulatory and customer requirements.


• Maintain accurate contract, shipment and financial information in BSM and other approved systems, including accruals, provisions, shipment status and closure activities.


• Build effective relationships with customers, banks, shipping lines, government authorities and service providers while supporting continuous improvement, process compliance, cost control and operational excellence.

Qualifications and Experience 

• Tertiary qualification in international trade, logistics, supply chain, business or a related discipline including experience in bulk agricultural commodities, grain, oilseeds or food ingredients preferred.


• Relevant experience in container shipping, international trade, export operations, contract execution, logistics, supply chain or a related commercial environment, including the coordination of multiple concurrent shipments and competing priorities.


• Working knowledge of container booking, shipping documentation, export execution processes, letters of credit, documentary collections and associated contractual, operational and documentary requirements.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to identify, manage and appropriately escalate operational, financial, documentary and contractual risks.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and trade execution systems, with knowledge of carrier portals, freight forwarding platforms, customs, biosecurity, phytosanitary or export certification requirements highly regarded.

At Cargill, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds feel respected, valued, and empowered to succeed, because we know that different perspectives strengthen our teams and drive better outcomes, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that provides an accessible recruitment experience.  https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/

We provide a fast-paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Interested? Send us your CV and cover letter today.  
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