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Senior Merchant bei Scoular

Scoular · Overland Park, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite

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Join a high-performing, fast-paced trading team at Scoular as a Senior Grain Merchant. This role is ideal for an experienced commodity trader who thrives on interpreting markets, forming bold opinions, and executing strategic trades across an assigned region. As a Senior Merchant, you’ll be empowered to take calculated risks, build strong relationships with buyers and sellers, and play a key role in mentoring fellow merchants. You’ll be part of a collaborative, energetic team that values market insight, customer connection, and continuous growth.

 

 

Market Analytics

  • Assure that the trade unit is in compliance with all risk management policies.
  • Assess market trends, key leading indicators and is proficient in the market.
  • Review product supply and demand and formulate opinions related to the market to make trade decisions that create revenue for the trade unit or product group.
  • Manage a position or subset of the overall position for the business.
  • Expected to have opinion on market everyday.

 

Logistics/Execution

  • Lead execution logistics planning and strategy. Includes fundamental knowledge of truck/rail execution and commodity arbitrage.
  • Manage relationships with the freight providers.
  • Negotiate freight contracts.
  • Arbitrage the position for optimal execution.
  • Expected to problem solve in midst of execution and day to day execution issues.

 

Customer Relationship Building

  • Recruit customers and business that support the business unit’s business strategy.
  • Develop and maintain the extensive and varied business relationships in the marketplace.
  • Provide customers with accurate market information and answers to questions about their business transactions, such as settlements.
  • Build effective, on-going interaction with both current and potential customers.
  • Act as a front line negotiator for handling trading conflicts.
  • Responsible for customer experience to ensure Scoular delivers a favorable customer experience (supplier, end user, carrier).

 

P&L Planning & Management

  • Partner with Trade Unit Manager to manage the P&L for the assigned business or subset of the business.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual P&L estimates for the trade unit or product group.
  • Provide monthly P&L results and quarterly forecasts.
  • Accountable to maintain position limits, credit limits and in store inventories as defined by division leadership and trade finance.
  • Create forecasts to inform the Trade Unit Manager.

 

People Development/Training

  • Coach/mentor other Merchants on the team and give Merchandiser Assistants daily direction.
  • Create/drive collaboration within the division and company.
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