Trainee Grain Trader

Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Job description

We have an exciting opening for a driven and self-motivated individual to develop a career with us as a Grain Trader.

Working with our skilled grain trading team, you will help to secure existing business and develop new opportunities for grain and commodities trade in both domestic and overseas markets. The role could develop into involvement with farm procurement, and/or with the grain trading function, coordinating with all participants within the supply chain. Main duties will include:

• Procure and grow ex-farm grain tonnage from existing Farm Accounts as well as provide support to senior traders to assist in building new domestic and overseas markets, collectively developing strategies to generate opportunities.
• Develop the ability to secure business with long-term contracts for continuity of commitment.
• Understand risk management strategy on trading positions and counter-party risk exposure, supporting senior traders in decision making.
• Work closely with the Grain Commercial Manager/Senior Trader in all your undertakings, ensuring that information is shared.
• Ensure that all leads and potential options are followed through internally and are referred onto colleagues wherever potential opportunities arise. Make use of our CRM system to store and record accurate customer information.
• Develop a wider understanding of the other divisions of the Bartholomews Agri Food business, including Fertilizer, Feed, Seed Processing, Agronomy, and Crop Protection.
• Learn about our additional products and services, for example, our grain storage facility at Shoreham Port, or haulage capabilities through our own haulier, Churchill Freight Services.

About You:

Previous experience of grain trading/buying would be useful for this role, but is not essential.

The ideal candidate would have some agricultural/agri-business background and be looking to advance their career within a progressive grain trading operation.

A portfolio of farm/industry contacts would be advantageous, but not essential.

You must be an excellent communicator with strong verbal, written, and numerical skills. Comfortable with Microsoft packages, including Word, Excel, etc.

Able to build relationships within the industry, and within a team with colleagues and customers.

Able to demonstrate sound decision making and aptitude to deliver exceptional customer service.

We are seeking a self-motivated individual who can demonstrate, regardless of any previous work experience/positions, their enthusiasm for the role and for the agricultural sector.

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, 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.