Overview / Brief
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 20,000 people globally.
This position contributes to the generation of profit by providing with information pertaining to domestic and export grains markets. This role has a strong focus on analytical work, to strengthen the destination regional commercial team, and ensure constant synthesis/communication with the global team.
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards
Diversity is part of our DNA. LDC strives to create a diverse and inclusive work environment where people can thrive regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity or background.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us.
Main Responsibilities:
1) Maintain and analyse all relevant data and provide input and help formulate trading strategy for SEA
- Provide and update relevant SSEA crop production, consumption and imports, with an emphasis on demand switches between various commodities, and on estimates of domestic crops of competing grains in SSEA
- Identify and propose trading opportunities based on the analysis of commodity's relative competitiveness.
- Provide updates of regulatory, political and consumer preference changes affecting each commodity or downstream use of commodity
2) Engage with internal and external information sources
- Leverage LDC market position and create relationships with a view to increase the inflow of relevant information available to the global commercial/trading team
- Ensure constant communication with different destination and origin teams to ensure flow of information related to SSEA flows within the Product Line. Participate to all relevant daily/weekly product line calls
3) Develop a detailed analysis of feed and milling wheat import demand for the region
- Contribute to forming a detailed understanding of Southeast Asian commodity demand
- Monitor and regularly communicate to the global team the wheat-corn spreads in the various SEA countries, as well as the impact of such price moves on commodity demand
- Provide a breakdown by quality (feed / milling) of the import demand of all the SEA countries. Build and refresh databases such as milling capacities, domestic crops, vessel line up, market shares, etc
4) Cash trading / merchandising
- Contribute to the cash trading activities of the commodity Product Line, in coordination with rest of the SG team / destination teams in Asia / product line team globally.
- Participate to commercial discussions, and when required, pricing, negotiation of trades, overview and optimization of executions.
5) Other
- Other duties as required
Experiences:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a similar position
- Experience in agricultural markets, preferably bulk commodity export
- Full understanding of balance sheet analysis including the factors which impact each component of the balance sheet.
- Understanding of the market and influence of other markets, including other domestic and international commodity markets
- Ability to source, aggregate, analyse, maintain up to date data and research material
- Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills and an open and inquiring mind
- Ability to interpret and analyse qualitative and quantitative information.
- Attention to detail and accurate data entry, inc. advanced Excel skills
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise quickly.
- Ability to formulate, communicate, and defend market views, supported by analytical work
Academics:
- Degree in Agricultural / Resources Economic or related field.
