European Graduate Program

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A lot of responsibilities, international challenges, diversity in work and entrepreneurship are just a few key words that characterise my current job with Cargill. During my studies of Business Administration in Rotterdam, I gained interest in the food industry while doing my internship for Ola. After my graduation in two masters “Marketing” and “Finance and Investment” I wanted to utilise my financial background within a multinational environment in the food industry.

This combination was perfectly matched in the Commercial Graduate Programme within Commodity Trading. My responsibilities are trading in diverse Palm Oil on the diversified commodity markets in both the countries of origin such as Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the European markets. From the beginning you are given a lot of responsibilities and you can determine the investment of millions of dollars. Your negotiation skills are developed from the start and you are affected by all kinds of macro influences from all over the world. Weather conditions affect the harvest, shipping can be delayed and the plant can get into unforeseen difficulties in the production process. These are just a few variables that all affect the price of the oil and these are the reasons that commodity trading is a very vivid market.

Cargill is a very dynamic company with motivated people from many different backgrounds, which makes my job very interesting with a lot of opportunities. The international character of Cargill definitely gives an extra dimension to the work I do. If you feel comfortable in the world of trading you will feel at home at Cargill, as this is the core business that made the family business Cargill become as big as it is today.

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