Contract Specialist
Cargill
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain business. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver essential products.
**Job Purpose and Impact**
The Contract Specialist will coordinate and execute moderately complex trade execution activities. In this role, you will ensure coordination of all required processes for movement of commodities and maintain consistent communication with internal and external customers to ensure accurate and timely statuses of operations. You will execute all the activities related to issuing import and export licenses and completing transactions associated with the import and export in a timely manner.
**Key Accountabilities**
+ Execute end to end import and export transportation processes in compliance with defined contractual terms to minimize risks of the execution.
+ Manage sales and purchase contracts to ensure their clauses are fully understood and executable, to guarantee legal and fiscal requirement compliance.
+ Execute contracts for different trade flows, supporting the strategy of the different product lines existing within the business group strategy.
+ Ensure the review of operational metrics, maintain accurate controls and deliver according the expectations of trade execution processes.
+ Maintain and foster established relationships with customers, clients, suppliers and other business partners, such as supervisory companies, insurance companies, laboratories, agents, warehouses, trucking companies, buyers and sellers.
+ Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
+ Other duties as assigned
**Qualifications**
+ Bachelor’s degree in related field
+ Fluency in English
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills
+ Experience analyzing legal contracts
+ Deep knowledge of Incoterms.
+ Experience managing and planning import and export processes, customs documentation, shipping, and receiving of foreign merchandise in a global matrixed company.
**Our Offer**
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
**Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:**
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