International Trade Associate

International Trade Associate

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliverproducts that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The International Trade Associate, under direct supervision, will help coordinate and plan export processes, customs documentation validation and shipping and receiving follow up of foreign merchandise to ensure it arrives on time. In this role, you will participate in validating the need for issuing import licenses and completing monetary transactions associated with export execution in a timely manner.

Key Accountabilities

• ENTERPRISE RISK APPETITE & TOLERANCE: Conducts routine review of export trade execution risks and raises documentation, contractual, operational or regulatory concerns aligned with the organization's risk appetite.
• CONTRACT & TRADE FLOW SUPPORT: Supports assigned physical commodity export trade flows by following operational steps aligned with contractual terms, internal execution standards and product line or trading desk strategies.
• DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT: Assists with preparation, review and maintenance of export trade documentation to support accuracy, completeness and alignment with contractual, customs and origin and destination regulatory requirements.
• CONTRACT CLAUSE & COMPLIANCE SUPPORT: Reviews clauses for operational executability and raises legal, fiscal or regulatory questions for review to support sales and purchase contract execution.
• CUSTOMER & PARTNER SUPPORT: Collaborates with customers, suppliers, key cross functional teams and other business partners by coordinating routine information and supporting timely execution of assigned trade flows.
• TRADE EXECUTION INFORMATION & METRICS SUPPORT: Maintains trade execution information, supports operational metrics and flags execution issues for appropriate review.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 1 year of relevant experience required. Typically reflects 2 years or more of relevant experience.
• Bilingual in English / Spanish

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet