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Commodity Trading Intern 2025

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PositionApplication: https://careers.cargill.com/us-university-trading-intern

Your Internship:

Gain real experience. Learn from the best. See how your work matters.

Our internships are designed to prepare you for your career journey,not a final destination. When you join our team, you are welcomed into a community committed to providing you with a safe environment to learn, grow and cultivate your skills. With our expansive learning resources, our well-respected leaders, and our carefully curated development courses, you will be equipped to confidently solve tomorrow's global issues. And, truthfully, our future relies on you. Your innovative minds, your intentional collaboration, and your sinceredesire to nourishthe world. Your work may be local, but at Cargill,your impact will be global.Join our community to cultivate your curiosity, develop meaningful relationships and propel your career.

Commodity TradingInternship:

Our Commodity Trading internship program enables the individual to build relationships with internal and external customers to successfully buy, move, process, and/or sell grain and its products. It is the blending of skills and knowledge in a fast paced, dynamicworking environment. The trading intern will practice and grow their understanding in economics, communications, customer service, risk assessment, and decision-making.

Your Work:

Develop and maintain customer relationships with country elevators, producers, feed mills, end users and processors

Analyze supply and demand, surveymarket conditions, and other economicforces in order to maintain and grow Cargill's position in the marketplace
Initiate, negotiate and agree on terms of commodity purchase/sale contracts, such as price, quality, quantity, transportation, timing and payment
Coordinate transportation and logistics to execute commodity contracts
Ensure thorough and accurate follow-up, execution, and closureof all contracts
Provide timely and effective communication and interaction with other Cargill teams such as sales, transportation and logistics, quality assurance, plant personnel, engineers, and accountants
Make occasional plant and crop survey trips to visit with suppliers, and internal and external customers
Complete and present a project that is critical to the work process, customer interaction or market improvement
Complete and collaborate on other projectsand assignments as needed

Key Capabilities for Success:

Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
Sound judgment and decision-making skills,even when outcomeis uncertain
Comfortable taking and managing risksand challenging the status quo
Strong oral and written communication skills; strong persuasion and negotiation skills
Effective interpersonal skills; working in a team environment; coaching and developing others
Essential leadership qualities of integrity, conviction and courage
Motivated and driven to succeed
Adaptable, flexible and able to work in a fast paced, price-volatile, changing environment
Willing to relocateand accept challenging responsibilities

Our Programming:

With comprehensive learning resources at your disposal, you can take your learning in any direction.
As employees, internsreceive access to volunteer and community outreach opportunities and paid time off for volunteer activities.
Throughout the internship, interns and co-ops are invited to participate in events that will give exposure to leadership, provide development opportunities, and offer the ability to network with cross-functional interns/co-ops and employees across the U.S.

Internship details:

Internships are typically 12 weeks in duration.
Interns are paid hourly for time worked.
Interns are responsible for transportation to and from work.

Interns may have the opportunity to travel duringtheir term.
Interns who demonstrate outstanding performance and a curiosity to learn more may be offered an internship or full-time position to return the following year.

Our Benefits:

No matter who you are or where you are, we have resources to meet your needs. As an intern, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to support you and help you succeed. Eligible programs and incentives include:

Paid time off
Mental Health and Wellbeing program
Digital Learning Library
Housing and Relocation Assistance for those that qualify

Our Network:

Your development is our priority. With our outstanding global network, you will establish relationships, acquire mentors, and build your professional contacts. Our program encourages and orchestrates networking opportunities that will benefit you now and in your future career. During the internship, you will also receive consistent support from university recruiting staff, mentors, colleagues, and your supervisor.

Our Vibrant Community:

At Cargill, you will be a part of our vibrant globalcommunity with a culture that celebrates diversity. This is a reflectionof the clients we serve and generates an intellectually diverse set of employees. Business Resource Groups (BRGs) help us embrace our diversity, make our culture more inclusive and enhance our employees’ outstanding talents and perspectives to benefit our organization and employees.

Our U.S. BusinessResource Groups include:

Asian Alliance Network, Cargill Young Professionals Network, Cargill Ability Network (iCAN), Cargill Ebony Council, Indigenous Peoples Network (IPN), Hispanic-Latino Council, Cargill Pride Network, Veterans & Military Support Network, and Cargill Women’s Network.

Job Locations:

Various U.S. locations including but not limited to: Eddyville, IA; Blair, NE; Amarillo, TX; Wayzata, MN; Dayton, OH; Kansas City/Olathe, KS; Wahpeton, ND
Plant or officesetting, must be opento interning in either type ofsetting

Majority of work week will be in office but there will be flexibility for hybrid work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

Right to work in the U.S. that is not based solelyon possession of a studentvisa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employer
Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degreefrom an accredited program graduating between December 2025 and August 2026
Candidates must be geographically flexibleand willing to relocate for an internship opportunity to one of the locations listed, if applicable
Able to completea 12-week internship in the summer(May/June - August 2025)
Strong analytical, prioritization and problem-solving skills, collaboration skills, and verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work optimally with individuals from a diverseset of backgrounds and cultures
Ability to contribute, both as part of a teamand individually

Preferred Qualifications:

Successfully completed, currently enrolled, or planningto complete beforegraduating either a micro or macro introductory college-level economics course