Senior Grains & Feed Trader

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.With 5,400 employees and over 80,000 institutional, commercial, and payments clients, we operate from more than 80 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Business Segment Overview

Commercial: With boots on the ground authenticity at the heart of everything we do, our comprehensive array of commercial products and services enable you to work directly with our clients, across hedging, risk management, execution and clearing, OTC products, commodity finance and more.

Position Purpose: StoneX Commodity Solutions (SCS) provides merchandising, logistics, and financial services throughout the commodity supply chains.  The Senior Grains & Feed Trader is responsible for coordinating with existing teams to oversee all front office activities associated with physical commodity trade. This person will work with internal StoneX commercial teams, including risk management consultants and SCS stakeholders to expand merchandising activities, trade relationships, and infrastructure. You’ll need to work closely with internal management, commercial, operations, and accounting teams to relay pertinent information about new business opportunities, costs, and resourcing needs. 

Responsibilities

Primary duties will include:

• Work with commodity buyers to provide commercial assessment of procurement and sales activities, pricing, hedging and risk management execution.  

• Execute and manage the purchase and sale of commodities and related logistics in support of commodity buyers, within the operational and risk requirements of SCS  

• Analyze client operations to determine market exposure, price sensitivity and financial risks 

• Refer prospective futures and OTC hedging clients to StoneX risk management consultants when physical trade solutions do not meet their objectives. 

• Work with internal stakeholders to development and refine commercial reporting and analytics for key decision makers and provide training on how to use them and review processes  

• Identify strategic opportunities, including supply agreements, asset optimization, inventory management  

• Assist in collection of valuation data and supporting documentation for commodity inventory and forward contracts  

• Assist in the monitoring and managing of daily operations, including risk limits, delivery schedules, trade documentation and trade settlement.  

• Conduct meetings with personnel to discuss markets, clients, services, industry and other information.  

• Provide the management team with information and data to help make informed decisions  

• Work closely with the broader front office teams to optimize pricing and service 

• Contribute to technologies, new designs and processes that create added controls and efficiencies. 

• This list of responsibilities may not be all-inclusive and can be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as needed 

Qualifications

Experience

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5 years of experience in vessel and/or rail logistics and commodity supply chains
• Some sales experience preferred
• Excellent customer service skills, highly motivated, and self-starter
• Detail oriented, organized, and excellent communication and documentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft office products

Physical requirements/Working conditions:

• Maintain prompt and regular attendance
• Occasional visits to other offices, client meetings and industry events
• Dynamic, time-sensitive environment