Responsibilities :
Responsible for growing the Softs & Ags desk through networked business development, hedging advisory and execution brokerage sales with quality-driven interactions across farmers, ranchers, producers and processors in the ingredients, soft commodity or agricultural markets (for example;
cattle, lean hogs, grain, corn, wheat, soybean, coffee, cocoa, sugar, ingredients)
- Manage voice execution and hedging requirements in futures & options derivatives on the CME, ICE and EEX (per relevant market Softs, Agri, Ingredients etc.)
- Provide a consultative approach to client hedging and futures execution requirements, working with corporate clients in the agriculture space (livestock, grains and crops, logistics, end users, producers etc.)
- Keep up to date on market movements in the agriculture space within your niche (cocoa, coffee, dairy, grains, fertiliser, livestock, nuts, palm oil, pulses, sugar etc.
and distribute relevant advisory services and hedging execution off the back of this to your client base
- Work with senior management on overall desk growth, market penetration and service development, across geographies, markets and asset classes across the soft commodity and agricultural brokerage markets
- Produce and distribute commentary to corporate clients within the asset class where required, and provide soft hedging advisory and risk management expertise whilst retaining and attracting a client base with traditional, relationship based business development and service levels
We would love to speak to you if you have :
- Experience working in a customer focused, foods / ingredients / soft commodity / agricultural hedging and advisory business
- Good understanding of a relevant commodity market within the softs and agri space (cocoa, coffee, sugar, corn, wheat, soybean, pulses, livestock, cattle, lean hogs, dairy, edible oils, oilseeds etc.)
- A desire to be part of an ongoing and aggressive growth plan with a team of professionals with a diverse experience space (from banks, brokerages, in-house risk etc.)
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build relationships with clients in production, farming, processing and ranching across the soft commodity markets
- The ability to travel, meet and engage with like-minded clients across the United States
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