Senior Merchant

Kansas Ag Connection; Dodge City (KS); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill in Dodge City, KS seeks a Senior Merchant to manage grain origination and trading for domestic customers, focusing on truck and rail trades for pet food customers. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize margins and asset utilization.

The role requires building relationships with elevators, producers and processors, with a strong grasp of grain markets, futures, basis and freight logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 4 years of related work experience
• Willingness to travel to visit elevators and customers

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with merchandising, origination, operations, logistics and finance teams to maximize asset utilization and earnings
• Originate, procure and sell grains to regional customers to reach target volumes and revenue
• Generate market, position and P&L reports based on data and reports
• Research and analyze freight opportunities to maximize margin
• Interact with customers, suppliers and colleagues to develop business solutions

Skills

Merchandising

Grains knowledge

Logistics planning

Regulatory understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

### Job Details#### Job Title:Senior Merchant#### Location:,, ,#### Company:#### Industry Sector:#### Industry Type:#### Career Type:#### Job Type:Full Time#### Minimum Years Experience Required:N/A#### Salary:### Get Job Alerts**Career Type:****Country:** USAI agree to receive alerts from and to the .Your alert was created successfully.x## General Alert Saved* The listings below are jobs matching the criteria you've selected for your General Alert on.Criteria selected was:* General alert saved for .* General alert notifications will be sent weekly on Monday.* Please note that you can only have one general alert active at any given time. Creating a new general alert will override an existing general alert.* Visit the to manage your alerts# Senior Merchant| Number of Years Experience: | Minimum Education Completed: | || Education Major / Discipline Category: | Most Recent / Current Occupation: | |Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.**Job Purpose and Impact**The Merchant III will contribute to handling a supplier base and fulfill transactions delivering commodities that meet production requirements and specifications in terms of timing, volume, quantity and cost. In this role is a vital player within the merchandising team assisting in managing our cash grain trading and origination. You will focus mainly on truck and rail grain trading as it relates to our domestic pet food customers working and managing relationships with various established customers and prospecting new business. You will be part of the overall merchandising team which develops game plans on grains and the total margin generation and P&L for the overall product line. In this role you will be expected to learn and grow into a leader among peers on the team. We seek a professional who will help buy and sell commodities from/to country elevators, producers, feed mills and processors.**Key Accountabilities*** Collaborate and align functional areas including all product line merchandising, origination, operations, logistics, and finance teams to maximize asset utilization and earnings via establishing game plans, offers, margin structure and objectives, ensuring efficient execution.* Originate, procure, and sell grains to regional customers to reach target volumes and gain revenue.* Generate market, position and profit and loss reports based on data and specialty reports.* Research and analyze various freight opportunities in the marketplace to maximize margin.* Work directly with customers, suppliers, and business counterparts in developing business solutions to meet their needs.* Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.* Other duties as assigned#LI-BG1**Qualifications****Minimum Qualifications*** Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience* Minimum of four years of related work experience* Ability to travel as needed to visit elevators and customers**Preferred Qualifications*** Minimum of 2 years of merchandising experience* Proven ability to understand grain margins, futures and basis relationships* Basic knowledge of agriculture and/or livestock feeding* Basic knowledge of logistics and freight planning* Understanding of CFTC regulations and NGFA trade rulesEqual Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.To apply using chat/text, please click Apply Now button OR use this link to create a login to apply.To apply please click on APPLY TO THIS POSITIONJob Post Date: 09/09/26Here are some other jobs you may be interested in applying for.| | || - | - || Cargill, Inc Dodge City, Kansas | Cargill, Inc Wichita, Kansas || Cargill, Inc WAKEENEY, Kansas | |2 people are interested in this job.