Senior Rail Trader

• Communicate with country rail terminals on a daily basis with a goal of buying grain and picking up valuable market information
• Works with balance of LDC’s rail team in order to optimize rail logistics
• Report real-time market information on the Louis Dreyfus intercompany chat system

• Work to achieve “last right of refusal” for bushels brought to market

• Devise and execute origination strategies for commodities
• Participate in daily conference calls reporting market information to regional traders
• Compose market wires, position updates & track lineups as requested
• Build and maintain long term relationships with customer base
• Participate in customer visits and industry social events

Additional Responsibilities

• Gather news, statistics and information related to individual commodity supply and demand from customers and trade sources, and distribute that information to the remainder of the group to support overall strategic trading/positioning (i.e., contributes to research function)

• Identify, qualify and capture new business
• Learn CINCH, Compuweigh and probing / grading operations.
• Ensure contracts are entered timely and fills/settlements are completed timely 
• Participate in regular crop tours to assess conditions and potential yields to anticipate markets.