Job Description

Fertilizer Trader - Minneapolis, MN
ADM Fertilizer
This is a full-time, exempt position.

Reporting to the Fertilizer Trade Manager, the qualified individual will contribute to procurement, trading, risk management, and strategy. Collaborating with the other trade fertilizer team leaders on the overall strategy. Focusing on achieving optimum financial results while building strong relationships with suppliers, colleagues, freight providers, and customers. As a key member of the trade team, this position requires strong strategic thinking, market knowledge, and teamwork.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive fertilizer import, trading, and overall strategy.
• Identify and act on trading opportunities to optimize the ADM Fertilizer supply chain. Including negotiating contracts, pricing, and terms to maximize profitability.
• Lead strategy while partnering with operations, sales, logistics, and customer support to optimize the product lines.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, customers, and stakeholders in the fertilizer industry. Work closely with ADM sales team supporting customer engagement and overall go to market strategy.
• Participate in month and quarter end accounting activities.
• Monitor and analyze market trends, supply-demand dynamics, and competitor activities.
• Prepare regular and ad-hoc reports on trading activities, strategy, market insights and performance metrics to various levels of ADM leadership.
• Work to attain positive, cooperative relationships with internal colleagues across divisions.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Ability to work outside normal business hours including weekends.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Proven experience as a Fertilizer Trader or in a similar role within the agricultural industry, managing positions and leading strategy.
• Strong knowledge of the fertilizer market, including key players, products, and regulations.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and capable of working independently and in a group.
• Possess problem-solving skills necessary to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Demonstrated capacity to manage a position, evaluate and manage risk, perform fundamental and technical analysis

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Business, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management
• Proven track record of responsibility growth, including 3+ years fertilizer trading experience is preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as the ability to collaborate within various levels of an organization
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Demonstrated capacity to excel in a fast-paced environment
• This position requires working at a desk both on a telephone and at a computer for prolonged periods of time, as well as traveling to visit customers in various, geographically diverse conditions.
• Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook and Teams

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor. * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required. * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
​Hiring Manager- Nick Peterson ​
Recruiter- Lauren Shea

City

Minneapolis

State

MN - Minnesota

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$87,400.00 - $150,800.00

Salaried Incentive Plan

The total compensation package for this position will also include annual bonus