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Job Purpose and Impact

The Grains Merchant- North & South 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 to producers, feed mills and processors.

The candidate will be responsible for handling our customer base in the North and South region of the country. He will be handling all existing key accounts, responsible for making sales for the grains spectrum, and increasing the customer base for the company.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for handling all key accounts in the region.
• Responsible for driving sales volume for the desk. Will be responsible for achieving sales budget in the structured trade program for the organization as well as volume and pnl targets
• Will be responsible for adding new customers for increasing footprint and increasing reach of Cargill in the region
• 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.
• 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.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two-five years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

KEY BEHAVIORS:

• Effectively build formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Make sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO BE GAINED:

• Experience performing complex merchandising work.