Contract Specialist - Palm at Cargill

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 Contract Specialist, under direct supervision, will help coordinate and plan import and export processes, customs documentation and shipping and receiving of foreign merchandise to ensure it arrives on time. In this role, you will participate in issuing import licenses and completing monetary transactions associated with the import in a timely manner.

Key Accountabilities

• Main accountability is on contract desk for palm products. Follow up business agreements, issuing / editing / negotiating contract terms.
• Manage purchase and sales contracts to ensure their clauses are fully understood and executable, to guarantee legal and fiscal requirement compliance.
• Ensure the review of operational metrics, maintain accurate controls and deliver according to the expectations of trade execution processes.
• Reconcile data for inventory, warehouse transfers, loading orders, quality, claims, demurrage and dispatch cases.
• Maintain and foster established relationships with small accounts, customers, clients, suppliers and other business partners.
• Collaborate with external authorities to verify and comply with all customs requirements.Ensure compliance with the home and foreign country government laws and customs regulations.
• Prepare, review, approve and maintain files for import and export documents.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Experience analyzing legal contracts Good knowledge of Incoterms, PORAM, FOSFA contracts
• Strong knowledge in written and spoken English
• Other minimum qualifications may apply