Qualifications
Required: Degree in Agronomy, Economics, or Business, with 5 to 10 years of experience in grain management and supply chains, as well as commodities trading.
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to design and optimize origination contracts and supply chains within a grains and oils structure. Knowledge of best practices in contract development, origination, execution and management, commodity trading, supply optimization, logistics, and execution.
The candidate will bring expertise in Brazil's specialty oil supply chains, production contracts, value proposition, and process management around these areas. Must understand Brazil's grain, crushing, and oil infrastructure.
Ability to collaborate with third-party partners, influence internal stakeholders, and drive accountability in contract execution.
Reporting to the Nuseed Carinata/NA/Australia Value Chain & Trade Leader and locally to the Carinata Manager, this position is responsible for executing a grain origination strategy and optimizing supply chain execution. The grain origination strategy involves executing third-party partnerships in contracts, logistics, export flows, and domestic crushing.
The Nuseed Bioenergy platform is a closed-loop supply chain business leveraging our sustainably certified Carinata program. It delivers low-GHG, non-food feedstock oil to downstream biofuel and sustainable aviation fuel markets through partnerships with companies like Saipol and BP. Additionally, the role will interact with the recently acquired Energy Cane business to evaluate and support potential value chain positions arising from the enhanced bioenergy and low-GHG potential of this technology.
Success in this role requires an understanding of supply and demand requirements for the business, supply process mapping, partner identification, development of third-party grain trade systems, management of grain supply chain costs, and ensuring internal and third-party accountability for contract fulfillment requirements. The ability to gather market intelligence and apply it to the value chain is essential. All responsibilities will be performed under the direction of an external consultant or Nuseed internal managers.