Commercial Merchandising Trainee

Job Purpose and Impact

What we offer

Our commercial merchandising trainee program offers a unique opportunity to unlock your full potential and develop yourself as a future leader in our commodity merchandising team. Learn about our agricultural commodities merchandising industry and how we operate in a rapidly changing economic environment. You will also broaden your understanding of local supply and demand factors that impact markets, and commercial decisions to generate revenue. As well as initiate and negotiate on terms of commodity purchase and collaborate with our supply chain and plant operations teams to timely fulfill commodity contracts for our customers.

As part of this traineeship, you will be able to collaborate with a diverse group of trainees across EMEA, enriching each other while addressing business challenges. Together you will build first-class skills and a network that will benefit you throughout your career.

Key Accountabilities

• Work directly with customers, suppliers and business counterparts to develop business solutions to meet their needs. 


• Provide market analysis and pricing support, particularly for oilseeds processing in Europe.


• Monitor and review daily cash, futures and Forex positions. 


• Collaborate with transportation and logistics, quality assurance and finance departments to ensure seamless execution of operations. 


• Generate market, position and profit and loss reports based on data and specialty reports. 


• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff. 


• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree, preferably in Business, Economics or Agricultural studies


• Fluent in English and Romanian


• No more than two years of professional experience (including internship experience)

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Preferred qualifications

• General understanding and strong interest in geo-political dynamics and trends


• Strong communication and influencing skills


• High integrity and ethical standards


• Natural leadership ability, motivation, initiative, risk appetite and resilience


• Ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-functional teams


• Curiosity to learn and create new ways of building and improving systems and processes


• Strong data and analytical skills and ability to proactively identify and resolve problems