Junior Trader

**Melbourne based**
- **Join a publicly listed leading global agribusiness poised for further growth**:

- ** Great opportunity to progress your career**:

- ** Suits an autonomous & driven individual**

**A bit about us**
- Queensland Cotton (QC) is part of Olam Agri and our purpose is to proudly transform food, feed and fibre, for a more sustainable future. QC has been supporting Australian agriculture for 100 years and operates in multiple products, across multiple geographies. The largest and original business is in cotton & cottonseed, however we have grown the portfolio now to chickpeas, mung beans and sorghum in Qld/NSW, and grains, cereals and other pulse commodities in SA & VIC. Our Olam Agri colleagues across 30 plus countries, handle dozens of other commodities too.**About the opportunity**
- This is a great opportunity for an ambitious and self-motivated individual to assist the Pulse & Grains Trading Desk. This role offers you the chance to immerse yourself in contract, stock and physical position management, but also gain invaluable experience and insight into pulse & grain commodity trade flows and pricing mechanisms. Whilst a lot of what you'll do is in a back office capacity, it's an invaluable steppingstone to a Trading role.**A bit about you**
- Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- Previous experience in agriculture/commodity accumulation, logistics or trading.
- Understanding of the grains & pulses supply and value chain.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Be autonomous, self-driven and curious.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to think on your feet and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite and ability to adjust to new systems.
- Experience with SAP will be highly regarded.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Be part of our friendly, close-knit team who help each other to deliver the results needed.
- Perfect opportunity to work closely with our experienced team, absorb knowledge and realise your career ambitions with an entrepreneurial-at-heart global agribusiness.
- Interesting, varied and meaningful work.
- Flexibility to work from home for up to two days a week.

You’ll be asked to share some details and answer some screening questions to help us with screening. You will have to have permanent working rights in Australia to be considered for this position.