Associate Team Lead - Trade Settlement

Bunge Iberica SA; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in agribusiness is seeking an Associate Team Lead – Trade Settlement to manage trade support functions including order inputs, invoicing, and customer inquiries. This role demands a Master's degree and significant experience, ensuring exceptional service and operational efficiency in commodity trading.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration or related field required.
• 5-8 years of experience in Agri-commodity execution/finance.
• Demonstrated competency in leadership and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Input commodity purchase and sales orders/contracts accurately and timely.
• Communicate load orders and pricing to customers and internal teams.
• Handle customer inquiries and ensure excellent customer service.

Skills

Attention to detail

People management

Customer focus

Decision making

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Master’s degree in Business Administration

Master’s degree in Agri-business

Master’s degree in Logistics

Tools

SAP

SAP GTM

MDG Master Data

Job description

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Business Title: Associate Team Lead – Trade Settlement

Global Function: Business Services

Role Purpose Statement:

This Trade Support position is part of a business team that serves as the liaison between the customer, logistics, credit, and the commercial trading group. ATL - Trade Settlements will be responsible to ensure accurate and timely input of commodity purchase and sales orders/contracts including amendments in the system (SAP), load order creation and application for Rail, Truck, and Barge movements, create and apply tickets in SAP, Purchase and sales execution in SAP, freight adjustments, quality claim settlement, payment proposal creations as well as preparation of daily reports as per business requirement. ATL will also be responsible for responding to customer inquiries in a timely, efficient, and proactive manner, using each customer contact as an opportunity to display Bunge’s commitment to provide excellent customer service.

Main Accountabilities:

• Receive and process customer requests to schedule shipments and process them by entering them into SAP GTM, communicating the load order to Rail team and crush plant, and communicating load order numbers back to the customer base as necessary
• Work with the appropriate commercial team when customer contract pricing is needed for a shipment and match those pricings to the load orders for application
• Apply shipment tickets to contracts in SAP GTM
• Ensure all charges and expenses have been correctly added to the tickets and create invoices in SAP GTM on a daily basis
• Process and verify that all shipments have been invoiced each day
• Handle dispute cases, including corrections of shipment and invoices as necessary
• Reporting of open Accounts Receivable balances and distribute to the commercial team for action
• Administration of NOPA quality claim process within the business unit.
• Process customer and vendor requests in MDG Master Data set
• Provide support for commercial, logistics, and administrative functions

Education & Experience:

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Agri-business, Logistics or related field.
Desirable minimum 5 – 8 years of experience in Agri-commodity execution/finance.

Should have displayed competency in:
• Continuous improvement initiatives
• Attention to detail
• People management
• Have a customer focus approach
Decision making and problem-solving capabilities including:
• Display of leadership, interpersonal skills, and trade settlement expertise.
• Strong customer service, communication skills/soft skills.
• Flexible and adaptive to changing conditions in the business/market environment
• Work well as part of a team to achieve a common objective

Bunge (NYSE: BG) is a world leader in sourcing, processing and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients. Founded in 1818, Bunge’s expansive network feeds and fuels a growing world, creating sustainable products and opportunities for more than 70,000 farmers and the consumers they serve across the globe. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and has 25,000 employees worldwide who stand behind more than 350 port terminals, oilseed processing plants, grain facilities, and food and ingredient production and packaging facilities around the world.

Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans/Disabled

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