Cargill: Graduate Internship Programme 2023

We are recruiting a Commercial Merchandising Trainee to join our team in Cargill’s Agricultural Supply Chain EMEA Grain group in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The position provides an extensive 24 months training mainly in Commercial & Supply Chain, but also Risk Management, Trading Operations and Market Analysis, to produce excellent commercial merchandising professionals in diverse agricultural commodities, mainly in grains.

Requirements:

What you will bring to Cargill (REQUIRED)

• A completed Bachelor (Hons) or Master degree in:

1. Trade,
2. Economics,
3. Finance,
4. Sales / Business,
5. Agricultural Engineering
6. Mathematics.

• 0 - 2 years of work experience and / or internship in a related field.
• Fluent English.
• Good knowledge of Excel and other technical tools.

Skills and Competencies:

• Proven natural leadership and interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. 
• Teamwork; ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-functional teams.
• High integrity and ethical standards.
• Self-starter; highly motivated and able to work independently. Willingness to take responsibility and initiative. Demonstrated experience in prioritizing work and meeting deadlines. 
• Fast learner and oriented to self-development: curiosity to learn and create new way of building and/or improving systems and processes.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to proactively identify and resolve problems. 
• Flexibility and managing ambiguity; able to cope with fast changes within a growing company and see opportunities in change. 
• Risk appetite; composure, resilience, risk analysis and right sizing.