Merchant Assistant - Soybean Meal

Key Accountabilities

• Support day-to-day soybean meal merchandising activities, including truck logistics, pricing sheets, margin (P&L) estimates, and market reporting.
• Conducts applications and settlement activities for customer transactions.
• Maintain accurate position tracking and assist with reconciliations to ensure visibility into exposures.
• Prepare routine reporting on origination, sales activity, and market trends.
• Analyze inputs such as basis, freight, and customer demand to support pricing and commercial decisions.
• Partner with supply chain, execution, and logistics teams to coordinate shipments and meet contract commitments.
• Maintain and build relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Handle moderately complex administrative, technical, and customer-related tasks with general supervision.
• Identify and escalate discrepancies related to contracts, positions, or shipments.
• Support process improvements across merchandising and trading workflows.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of related work experience.
• Confirmed analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in agriculture, commodities, operations, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of merchandising concepts such as basis, futures, spreads, or logistics.
• Proficiency in Excel for reporting and analysis.
• Exposure to contract management, trading support, or supply chain coordination.