Grain Trader

An exciting opportunity to join our expanding team and work as part of our skilled grain team to secure existing business and develop new opportunities for grain and commodities trade in both domestic and overseas markets. As an experienced grain trader, you will nurture strong and long-lasting relationships, develop your portfolio of contacts, generate opportunities and contribute towards the growth of our business. We will be looking to you to help us with;

1. Procuring grain and commodities from existing Farm Accounts as well as target and develop new domestic and overseas markets, developing your portfolio of contacts to generate opportunities.
2. Securing business with long-term contracts for continuity of commitment. Acting as a conduit between supplier and end-user within the supply chain for efficient placement of commodities.
3. Encouraging and motivating the wider team, providing daily market insights, pricing information and to support efficient procurement of grain at sufficient volumes while maximising profit margins.
4. Agreeing acceptable risk management strategy on trading positions and with the Grain Commercial Manager, consider future profitability, the trading book and business volumes.
5. Oversee freight contracts related to the export contracts, booking freight ahead of transactions or booking 'spot' and working to reduce impact on margin.

About You:

1. Previous experience of grain trading / buying is essential for this role with a demonstrable in-depth knowledge and experience to include UK and European export grain markets.
2. You will ideally have a portfolio of industry contacts.
3. You must be an excellent communicator with strong verbal, written and numerical skills.
4. Able to build relationships within the industry, working within a team with colleagues and customers.
5. Able to demonstrate sound decision making and aptitude to deliver exceptional customer services.

About Bartholomews:

Leading in our field, developing a sustainable Agri Food Chain. We are a main contributor in the UK agri-foods sector, headquartered in Chichester, West Sussex and operating across the southern counties of England. We are a business built on perpetuity, first established in 1883 and we are continuing to grow and prosper.

We provide a range of agricultural services and essential supplies to the farming community including the sale and marketing of grain, the sale and supply of agricultural seeds, the manufacture and supply of fertilizers, crop protection products, animal feeds, bird-food and game feeds. We also provide technical advisory agronomy service to our farmer customers, and we are engaged in ongoing research and development through our extensive cereal crop trials.

Our facilities include a seed plant and crop research, technology, and multiplication center near Chichester and our dock-side sites of Shoreham Silos Services Ltd and Ultimate Fertilizers Ltd in Southampton. We have our own haulage company, Churchill Freight Services Ltd and multiple depots across the South of England. All these facilities and sites make our company proportionately the best resourced Agrifood business in the United Kingdom.

Our mission and as an Integral part of the food chain, is to connect growers with UK and European consumers, adopting new technologies and always striving for sustainable food security.