Trader, US Rail Freight

## Company Description Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally. ## Job Description ​​​​​​​**Overall, Purpose and Objective of Position** This position is responsible for developing and executing rail freight trading strategies focused on maximizing the return to the Company. Responsibilities include developing a trade book and functional P&L for various rail freight activities, collaborating with grain desks to ensure timely execution of physical grain movements, and optimizing rail positions across all desks. - Manages the BNSF, UPRR, and CPKCS freight position for the Grains & Oilseeds platform - Guides regions freight positioning suit export flows & freight hedge positions - Ensures secondary freight positions are accurately reflected and distributed to regional traders - Stays abreast of market developments, ensuring timely group updates & interpretation of market data - Key member of the Grains and Oilseeds origination team, actively engaging customers for the procurement of grains and oilseeds for domestic and export markets. - Coordinate information flow between departments to meet internal and external customer requirements - Assist in the development and implementation of transportation strategies for NAM G&O team - Receives rail freight applications from third parties and matches trains to the freight needs of the internal team. - Responsible for timely billing of trains, or assigning coverage, including nights and weekends. - Markets secondary UP, CPKCS & BNSF freight to country elevators to grow grain origination base - Maintains a live rail freight balance sheet forecasting rail freight S&D basis G&O export forecasts - Uses historical information to analyze pricing trends and project forward market pricing outlook - Provide consultation to accounting personnel regarding settlements of rail freight pricing - Collaborates with the Transportation desk in collecting refunds on contracts; assists with managing and analysis of payments for freight bills and demurrage ​​​​​​​**Rate Strategies/Negotiations /Quotations/ and Data Maintenance** - Coordinates with transportation desk the accurate rail rate database management for all applicable BN, UP, KCS and CP origins to target destinations. - Provide rail rate quotations for grain shipments and other commodities to regional traders. - Distributes monthly updates with rail fuel surcharges along with company’s exposure. **Additional Responsibilities** - Other duties as assigned. ## Qualifications **Education/Professional Certifications/Licenses** **Basic qualifications:** · Bachelor’s Degree **Experience** **The following are required:** · Five to seven years of experience in an agribusiness firm, railroad or related transportation field · Three or more years of direct ownership of rail grain or freight trading & position management **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (including any physical demands)** **Basic qualifications:** · Demonstrated strong negotiating skills and commercial understanding combined with the right commercial attitude and results orientation · Capability to consolidate global and domestic market drivers into a point of view and executable trading strategy · Strong analytical skills and the ability to select relevant information from a flow of information (distinction between main and side issues) · Demonstrated ability to manage trading risks · Must have an extensive knowledge of the U.S. transportation systems, relationships with all the major transportation providers and a good working knowledge of grain trading and transpo…