Senior Trader

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 15,000 people globally.

• Daily communicate with LD offshore offices for pricing and update local market environment, competition activity, government regulation…
• Daily contact customers and potential buyers.
• Build strong relationship with customers. Have good understanding of counterparty business and requirements via which to secure repeated trades.
• Make recommendation on reliability of local buyers. Expand customer base
• Understand cost structure of commodity traded.
• Implement business plan. Fulfill company target.
• Understand balance sheet of commodities trade. Able to work on and give up-date.
• Understand world trade flow as well as local.
• Able to come up with initiatives / solutions to solve problems or create new business.
• Cooperate with other traders and logistics for smooth execution.
• Monitor meat & feed sector in order to provide offshore offices with synthetic updates on trends.
• Monitor local supply and demand of various animal feed raw materials, and highlights trading opportunities in the domestic market.
• Explore new business opportunities, in particular new product lines, and upon greenlight from Singapore, actively pursue business development in those in cooperation with rest of Vietnam & SG teams

• Graduated from University of Economics major in Foreign Trade or equivalent
• Have experience in commodity trading/marketing agri-products (wheat, corn, soymeal…) and global regulator
• Have at least 3-4 year experience working in a multi-national corporation
• Have good, indeep knowledge of local feed and flourmilling industry.
• Good rapport with buyers and good reputation in the industry.
• Have analytic skill.
• Being pro-active and result-oriented.
• Effective communicator. Have great communication skills and negotiation skills in interaction with internal and external partners.
• Effective command of spoken and written English to work with foreigners & English speakers
• Able to work independently and under pressure. Have teamwork spirit.
• Able to travel upcountry and abroad

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Additional Information for the job

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefits​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 
• Access to Concierge Partnerships

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

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