Trader Assistant

Viking Forest Products is a premier commodity trading company and significant player in the wood products industry. We are the top operating company under the Forest City Trading Group umbrella - a $7 billion employee-owned company who has grown into the leading distributor of forest products in North America. Due to our record breaking years, we are looking to add a Trader Assistant to join our Crane Mat department.

As a Trader Assistant, you’ll directly support our Traders by data entry, document creations & collection, and sales organization activities. This role will work closely with both Inventory Managers and Logistics Team VFP. If you are a detail-oriented, numbers driven individual, who thrives working in a fast-paced environment, we are looking for you!

Culture is extremely important to us at VFP. We are a tight knit, work hard - play hard team who creates a pathway for motivated people to become extremely successful. Our company's work hard, play hard culture is evident in the way we celebrate our success through numerous fun-filled outings and events!
**This is not a pathway to the trading floor - this is providing operational support for our Crane Mat traders.

Core responsibilities of this role:

• Order management and order tracking
• Creating and collecting Bill of Lading (BOL) documents
• Crafting and executing Rental Agreements
• Partnering with the Logistics team on real time order and delivery updates
• Project tracking large orders to provide updates on activities
• Updating customer listings to ensure accuracy
• Create and execute on marking strategies

• Bachelor or Associate’s degree from a college or technical school preferred and/or previous professional experience in a highly skilled support function.

• Organized, competent, reliable and dependable
• Persistent, with the ability to work under tight timelines
• An analytical and critical thinker who enjoys problem solving
• Curious and have a strong desire to learn and ask question