Tropical Oils Trader - Commodity Derivatives

Tropical Oils Trader - Commodity Derivatives

Cargill’s 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.

We are 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 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Tropical Oils Trader will generate trading strategies while applying the right risk management and bear responsibility for execution to achieve trading objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Apply a thorough comprehension of trade and risk management across BMD Palm Oil and DCE Palm Olein futures.
• Independently develop and implement both short and long-term trading strategies on flat price, timespreads, and relative values.
• Continuous interaction between physical traders, book managers, trading leads, and customer groups. Foster a strong trading network both internally and externally.
• Construct fundamental and non-fundamental analysis as input into trading strategies.
• Manage positions within a sizeable Tropical Oils Trading Book in a complex trading environment. Continuous improvement on position management, strategies, and how risk is deployed in the business.
• Generate market, positions, and profit and loss reports based on estimates.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 4 years of related work experience.
• Other minimum qualifications may apply.

Preferred Qualifications

• Banking or brokerage with a background in commodities futures.
• Strong experience in:
  • Derivatives/Physical trading and position management;
  • Proprietary convexity trading;
  • Market marking trading;
  • Fundamental analysis.
• Proven track record of high performance in quantitative risk taking.

Our Offer
We provide a fast-paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

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