Overview Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we’re a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.
At StoneX, we offer you the opportunity to be part of an institutional-grade financial services network that connects companies, organizations, and investors to the global markets ecosystem. As a team member, you’ll benefit from our unique blend of digital platforms, comprehensive clearing and execution services, personalized high-touch support, and deep industry expertise. Elevate your career with us and make a significant impact in the world of global finance.
Business Segment Overview:
Commercial : With boots on the ground authenticity at the heart of everything we do, our comprehensive array of commercial products and services enable you to work directly with our clients, across hedging, risk management, execution and clearing, OTC products, commodity finance and more.
Responsibilities
Position Overview:
StoneX Commodity Solutions (SCS) provides merchandising, logistics, and financial services throughout the commodity supply chains. The SVP – North American Grain Merchandising is responsible for coordinating with existing teams to oversee front office activities associated with physical commodity trade. This person will work with internal StoneX commercial teams, including risk management consultants and SCS stakeholders to expand merchandising activities, trade relationships, and infrastructure. You’ll need to work closely with internal management, commercial, operations, and accounting teams to relay pertinent information about new business opportunities, costs, and resourcing needs.
Responsibilities:
- Work with commodity buyers to provide commercial assessment of procurement and sales activities, pricing, hedging and risk management execution.
- Execute and manage the purchase and sale of commodities and related logistics in support of commodity buyers, within the operational and risk requirements of SCS
- Establish relationships with fixed asset providers as necessary to facilitate commodity trade- ie storage, transloads, etc
- Analyze client operations to determine market exposure, price sensitivity and financial risks
- Refer prospective futures and OTC hedging clients to StoneX risk management consultants when physical trade solutions do not meet their objectives.
- Work with internal stakeholders to development and refine commercial reporting and analytics for key decision makers and provide training on how to use them and review processes
- Identify strategic opportunities, including supply agreements, asset optimization, inventory management
- Assist in collection of valuation data and supporting documentation for commodity inventory and forward contracts
- Assist in the monitoring and managing of daily operations, including risk limits, delivery schedules, trade documentation and trade settlement.
- Conduct meetings with personnel to discuss markets, clients, services, industry and other information.
- Contribute to technologies, new designs and processes that create added controls and efficiencies.
- This list of responsibilities may not be all-inclusive and can be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as needed
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years of experience in rail logistics and commodity supply chains
- Some sales experience preferred
- Excellent customer service skills, highly motivated, and self-starter
- Detail oriented, organized, and excellent communication and documentation skills
- Proficient in Microsoft office products
Physical requirements/Working conditions:
- Maintain prompt and regular attendance
- Occasional visits to other offices, client meetings and industry events
- Dynamic, time-sensitive environment