Posted by Cargill is looking to hire Commercial Management Trainees specializing in trading for their Singapore and China locations. The purpose of the traineeship is to produce excellent commercial professionals who will have the opportunity to build foundational trading knowledge within the Cargill Trading platforms.
Commercial Management Trainee
Job Description:
Learning and execution of Cargill’s trading and hedging strategies, tactics and practices, under trader supervision, which will include the use of futures and OTC risk management derivative products.
Develop working knowledge of economic Supply/Demand research and analysis.
Communicating and potential to work with internal and external customers on a daily basis, both written and verbal.
Trade-flow analysis, working closely with Cargill Metals Analytics team.
Developing market knowledge through interaction with traders, brokers and other market participants.
Develop physical knowledge of the specific traded commodity as well as shipping, logistics, quality, contract terms and operations.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Business Adminstration; Finance; Economics AND Financial Engineering; Quantitative & Mathematical Studies
Programming skill in C++; Pascal; or Python is highly advantageous
Prior internship experience is desirable
Demonstrated self-starter, entrepreneurial and innovative behaviors, strong business acumen
Significant quantitative and analytical facility and commercially-minded
Successfully completed, currently enrolled, or planning to complete before graduating either a Micro or Macro introductory college-level Economics course
Ability to contribute and execute as part of a team and individually
Strong communication skills – written, oral, persuasion in English and Mandarin
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics; Financial Engineering
Master’s degree with emphasis in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics; Financial Engineering
Overall 3.0 GPA
Up to 2 years of relevant work experience (internships, full-time) in energy industry, bulk commodities or investment banking
Python; Matlab; C++; SQL