Job Purpose and Impact

The Commodity Analystwill be responsible for conducting complex trading analytics efforts for soft commodities (cotton, coffee, cocoa, sugar). In this role, you will provide analysis of markets and other economic considerations, development and deployment of complex models, tools and processes to influence decisions related to trading, risk management, margin enhancement and asset utilization.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide timely, accurate, and actionable insights to the trading team and key customers.
• Develop, enhance, and execute complex tools, models, and processes to forecast and describe price, supply and demand, relative value and global trends.
• Supervise the information flows to and from our analytics systems to ensure consistency.
• Partner with other analysts and team members to deliver complex analysis that maximizes our 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.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and execute solutions under tight timelines
• Analytical reasoning and the ability to quickly take disparate information and derive accurate insights
• Understanding of economics and experience with commodity supply and demand fundamentals
• Knowledge of the trading business and risk management and an understanding of what information adds value
• Ability to actively collaborate with global teams to build consensus around trading strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Proficiency in modeling, coding, data science and big data management

Position Information

*This position is located in Wayzata, MN
*Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.

Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.