Junior Sugar Trader

  • Permanent
  • Mumbai
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Job Title: Junior Sugar Trader
Salary: Negotiable
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Mumbai, India

Imperium Commodity Search is working with an agricultural commodity trading house that are looking to further expand their trading desk with addition of a sugar trader. Our client is active in the market globally, primarily within sugar, coffee, and ethanol. Headquartered in Mumbai they cover the West African, European and Middle Eastern markets.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Develop relationships with end users, processors, and buyers of agricultural/soft commodity products (sugar, coffee, molasses, organics) with particular focus on specific countries in the Asia Pacific region
  • Build new supplier partnerships whilst maintaining existing base
  • Utilise negotiation techniques to agree favourable terms/pricing
  • Analyse internal data to identify new business prospects
  • Remain up to date with market analysis, capitalising on trading opportunities where possible
  • Work closely with the operations team to ensure smooth transaction and timely movement of goods
  • Actively pursue new business to challenge PnL targets
  • Act as cover for other traders on the desk when required

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 2+ years’ experience of trading any agricultural or soft commodity (grain, wheat, soybean, sugar, coffee) products
  • Client focused mentality
  • Export trading experience across agricultural/soft commodity (grain, cocoa, pulses, sugar) products
  • Fluency in English, Hindi and Marathi
  • Knowledge of logistics and operations
  • Outstanding relationship building skills
  • Strong understanding of the agri/soft commodity markets and ability to provide relevant analysis of market drivers

To learn more or discuss the role in more detail, please contact Alex Phillipps at alex.phillipps@imperiumcs.com or +44 203 927 5094