Commodity Crop Analyst
Cargill
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wayzata • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Conduct complex trading analytics efforts.
- Provide analysis of commodity markets and other economic considerations.
- Develop and deploy complex models, tools and processes to influence decisions related to trading, risk management, margin enhancement and asset utilization.
- Develop, enhance and execute complex tools, models and processes to forecast and describe price, supply and demand, relative value and global trends.
- Provide timely, accurate and actionable insights to the trading team and key customers.
- Partner with other analysts and team members to deliver complex analysis that maximizes competitive advantage.
- Develop, coordinate and support initiatives related to technology and data for trading data analytics and broader initiatives in conjunction with stakeholders.
- Provide thought leadership for new data, technology, tools and innovation.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Conduct crop tours during critical growing cycles for US commodities.
- Specific emphasis on corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton analysis.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of two years of related work experience.
- Ability to actively collaborate with global teams to build consensus around trading strategy.
- Knowledge of the trading business and risk management and an understanding of what information adds value.
- Understanding of economics and experience with commodity supply and demand fundamentals.
- Analytical reasoning and the ability to quickly take disparate information and derive accurate insights.
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve and execute solutions under tight timelines.
- Proficiency in modeling, coding, data science and big data management preferred.
- Master’s degree preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked.
- Eligible for a discretionary incentive award.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
trading analyticscommodity market analysismodel developmentrisk managementdata analysisforecastingdata sciencebig data managementcodinganalytical reasoning
Soft skills
collaborationproblem solvingcommunicationleadershiptime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree