Grain Origination Merchant at Cargill

Cargills size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way.Cargill is a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to alternative fuel. Our 160000 colleagues operating in 70 countries make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.This position is in Cargills agricultural supply chain business. We sit at the heart of the supply chain partnering with farmers and customers to source make and deliver essential products.Job Purpose and Impact The Grain Origination Merchant will represent the critical link between customers commercial accounts and the companys customer facing this role you will translate regional and local cash commodity market knowledge into timely and competitive service offerings for customers.Key Accountabilities Develop and maintain relationships with core customers and select commercial customer segments.Focus on competitively positioning commodity offers in local cash markets to efficiently source them through our processing facilities while focusing on maximizing profitability for both customers and the company.Develop a deep understanding of the basic market access needs desired by customers in the segment and work to quickly adapt to changes in these needs with shifts in local cash markets.Collaborate with internal sales merchandising customer service and operations teams to meet customer needs efficiently and in a manner which is tightly linked to regional and local cash market strategies.Enable an efficient and effective customer experience through utilizing our systems and digital offerings.Consistently identify and communicate customer insights back into the business unit that can be utilized to create and enhance standardized customer segment value propositions as well as overall business strategy development.Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.Other duties as assignedQualifications Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experienceCommercial or sales experienceMinimum of two years of related work experiencePreferred QualificationsCommercial and financial acumenUnderstanding of basic production agriculture principlesProficient in SalesforcePosition Information Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.Location: Owensboro KentuckyEqual Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet. Key Skills Bidding,Accounting Tally,ABB,Infrastructure Development,Barista,Jni Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1