Description:
DATE REVISED: July 14, 2025
CLASS: Exempt
JOB TITLE: Director of Commodity Trading
REPORTS TO: President
Producer Ag is a joint venture between MKC and CHS that taps into an extensive network of assets to
support a global supply chain. The joint venture exists to improve market access for farmer-owners, area
cooperatives, processors, and end users through participation in the southern corridor grain supply chain
and creates an integrated supply chain with export access to the Gulf.
Job Summary
Lead and oversee all trading operations of Producer Ag. This includes but is not limited to
logistics, origination, hedging, sales, reporting, and other related activities. The Director of
Trading will ensure the alignment of trading strategies with the company's overall goals and
objectives.
This role will be on site in Wichita, KS.
Role Responsibilities
- Responsible for the oversight of all trading operations and strategies.
- Develop and implement an end-to-end merchandising strategy to facilitate the operational efficiency, profitability, and value created for our owners.
- Manage the risk position, origin and destination pairs, relationship trading and arbitrage.
- Implement and refine the desired culture of the Producer Ag Trade Team in alignment with the company's strategic plan.
- Lead, develop, coach and train product line manager and traders.
- Set and monitor trading objectives and programs for Product Line Managers and Traders.
- Establish, strengthen, and leverage relationships with regional partners to maximize origination and supply chain positioning, trading, and logistics.
- Perform market analysis on and interpret trade flows and commodity supply & demand.
- Responsible for maximizing end to end margin for trade flow.
- Maximize returns to company trading assets.?Responsible for meeting budgeted financial return objectives.
- Responsible for managing the e?cient and cost elective logistical movement of commodifies in trucks and railcars.
- Work across multiple business units and companies with cross-functional leaders to maximize company results, including but not limited to operations, finance and leadership.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive origination growth and optimize logistics in the supply chain.
- Drive destination market access for the supply chain by maintaining competitive prices through price discovery.
- Support the annual business planning, budgeting, and forecasting process.
- Maintain existing customer base through building strong relationships and providing exceptional customer service. Identify, develop, and build new opportunities with customers.
- Proactively communicate opportunities and challenges to team and critical stakeholders to gain alignment and drive forward solutions.
- Resolve issues and disputes with accounting, transportation, shippers and buyers/end users.
- Profitably leverage advancing technology opportunities.
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications (required)
- A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university 7+ years of experience in Trading, Merchandising, and/or Commodities
- Prior leadership experience with progressively advancing level of leadership responsibilities
Additional Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Statistics, or related field
- Experience managing a P&L
- Strong leadership, planning, coordinating, communication, and training skills.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or
- diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Proven ability to lead, develop, coach, and train Product Line Managers and Traders.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.?Ability to e?ectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
- Ability to respond to inquiries and complaints from customers.
- Ability to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Working knowledge of GAFTA contracts and futures exchange rules
- Commodity markets and trading subject matter expertise
- Exceptional analytical and decision-making skills
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills, both written and verbal
Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or
may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment
screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical
requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse.
Physical Requirements
Up to 20% travel
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