Senior Trader, Cotton China

Manage Bunge’s sales access to Cotton business in Chinese private and state-owned companies, promoting marketing and sales from all Bunge’s cotton origins into China.

Requirements

• Promote marketing and sales from all Bunge’s cotton origins into China
• Manage key account relationships particularly China State Reserve, Chinatex and other SOEs and private sectors
• Enhance sales network by adding prospective clients
• Manage counterparties risk (protect Bunge from counterparties over-extending their capacity to perform either bilaterally or in aggregate across the industry)
• Be actively trading ZCE under direction of the global strategic trading desk
• Managing the relationship with various service providers to operate a stock and sale programme through the free trade zone
• Fundamental analysis with regards to price, production and demand
• Cultivate relationships with government agencies in order to understand and predict Chinese government policy with regard to the textiles industry and cotton production
• Coach and mentor direct report(s), delegating certain customer accounts to them
• Actively solving supply chain issues arising around the execution of contracts
• Managing the certification process for China inspection and quarantine (CIQ) addressing any potential downgrade issues proactively to maintain our A grade status
• Attend numerous global cotton conference around the year
• Travel to visit clients across China and Vietnam as needed