Tanker Trader
Oct 9, 2026 Geneva, Switzerland
About us
Cargill provides food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
- Size: 10,000+ employees
- Industry: Natural Resources: Agriculture and Food Processing
Why you should apply for a job to Cargill:
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4.5/5 in supportive management
71% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
71% would recommend this company to other women
79% say the CEO supports gender diversity
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Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Tanker Trader will provide advanced understanding of proprietary financial trading practices and procedures to generate consistent profit in emerging and developed markets in collaboration with strategic stakeholders. In this role, you provide thought leadership and advanced knowledge to influence strategy and trade execution of foreign exchange rates, sovereign credits and similar higher risk instruments.
Key Accountabilities
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
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.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill
Cargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/
This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Tanker Trader will provide advanced understanding of proprietary financial trading practices and procedures to generate consistent profit in emerging and developed markets in collaboration with strategic stakeholders. In this role, you provide thought leadership and advanced knowledge to influence strategy and trade execution of foreign exchange rates, sovereign credits and similar higher risk instruments.
Key Accountabilities
- Devise and execute profitable FFA and physical tanker trading strategies for speculative and risk management books for OT tanker desk as well as on behalf of Cargill internal customers.
- Collaborate, discuss and explain trading themes with tanker team, risk team and leadership. Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction.
- Direct and collaborate with tanker analytics.
- Oversee internal pricing, valuations and accurate recordings to reflect proprietary and hedging trading positions and exposures.
- Innovate around new trading ideas both derivative and physical within Cargill trading parameters.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of five years of related work experience.
- Experience of trading Tanker FFA markets.
- Comprehensive knowledge of oil and tanker markets with 5+ years experience of either/both and the ability to analyse, discuss, form trading opinions and execute on those markets.
- Capability to collaborate and form part of a trading team.
- Impeccable trading logic and the ability to communicate with authority both internally and with external brokers, partners and counterparts including building networks to support the job.
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.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill
Cargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/
Additional Information
- Posted: Oct 9, 2026