Senior Merchant

Job description

The Senior Merchant is an experienced commodity trader with developed trade skills . This role has responsibility to interpret a market, formulate and communicate market opinions and take risk/reward positions for the Scoular company. A Senior Merchant builds deep customer relationships and leverages those relationships into business growth. T he Senior Merchant plays a critical role in mentoring and guiding other Merchandisers on the team. Market Analytics: Assure that the trade unit is in compliance with all risk management policies. Assess market trends, key leading indicators and is proficient in the market Review product supply and demand and formulate opinions related to the market to make trade decisions that create revenue for the trade unit or product group. Manage a position or subset of the overall position for the business Expected to have opinion on market everyday Logistics/Execution: Lead execution logistics planning and strategy. Includes fundamental knowledge of truck/rail execution and commodity arbitrage. Manage relationships with the freight providers. Negotiate freight contracts. Arbitrage the position for optimal execution. Expected to problem solve in midst o...