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Cargill Director - APAC Commodity Derivative Sales, Japanese speaking in Singapore, Singapore
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
Cargill Risk Management, a business unit of Cargill is a pioneer and leader in providing risk management solutions. At its core, our business is about working with customers to understand their commodity exposure and structure risk management (over-the-counter / OTC) products to meet their needs.
This role will be a core part of the entrepreneurial team building the Cargill Risk Management business in APAC.
Key Accountabilities
Develop new OTC business in Japan and with Japanese customers across APAC.
Work with decision-makers on customizing hedging strategies that match their pricing objectives and risk management framework.
Facilitate customer KYC, onboarding & documentation process.
Provide prospects with necessary scenario analysis, and stress reports.
Work with Trading to develop new markets & products.
Work with Credit, Legal & Compliance on the KYC, onboarding & documentation process.
Ensure that new transactions meet the minimum return hurdle.
Provide wider APAC team with new market insights and cross-selling business opportunities.
Sales Execution & post-trade follow-up, support other regions in APAC for sales/quote coverage as needed, establish a trade execution protocol and ensure customers are fully aware of their daily MTM exposure and potential margin obligations.
Fully compliant with execution protocol and pre-trade disclosures.
This role requires travelling at least 20 – 30% of his/her time.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Highly proficient in spoken Japanese language
Bachelor’s degree
Ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines, and work with minimal supervision
Strong attention to detail
Solid problem-solving ability
Collaborative and team oriented
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree in a financial or commodity field
Exposure to commodity markets & industry players
Sales & Structuring experience in commodities
Shown initiative in challenging status quo and quickly adapting to change
Interest in career progression and assuming more demanding assignments over time
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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