CHS

Trades grain and sells fuel and fertilizer

Sr. Commodity Trader - Crop Nutrients/Agronomy

Sales & TradingUpdated on Nov 14

Full-timeInver Grove Heights, MN, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or GED is required.
At least 4 years of experience in trading, procurement, or commodities is required.
Significant experience in commodity trading or risk management.
Proven P&L accountability and performance.
Strong commercial judgment and decision-making skills.
Experience trading agricultural commodities, fertilizers, or energy.
Strong understanding of global supply chains and logistics.
Demonstrated ability to use data, models, or structured analysis to inform trading decisions.
Familiarity with analytics tools, dashboards, or AI-enabled platforms and the ability to incorporate outputs into commercial decision-making.
Pre-employment screening may be required; selected candidates must pass the applicable screenings, which may include drug, criminal, motor vehicle, physical requirements, and FMCSA Clearinghouse checks.

Responsibilities

Own and manage a defined trading book with direct accountability for profitability, risk exposure, and performance.
Develop, execute, and adjust trading strategies within approved risk limits.
Actively manage flat price, basis, and structural risk.
Lead development of market points of view incorporating global and regional supply-and-demand fundamentals.
Identify and execute arbitrage and positioning opportunities.
Integrate data-driven insights, scenario analysis, and AI-supported outputs into market views.
Translate market intelligence into actionable commercial strategies with clear risk/return trade-offs.
Develop and maintain senior-level relationships with customers, suppliers, and counterparties.
Lead commercial negotiations for physical and structured transactions.
Partner with sales teams to drive growth and value creation.
Lead coordination across logistics, execution, finance, legal, tax, credit, and risk.
Oversee contract review and execution planning.
Ensure compliance with governance and regulatory standards.
Apply structured analytical approaches, including supply-and-demand balances, scenario modeling, and sensitivity analysis, to support trading decisions.
Use and continuously improve digital tools, dashboards, and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance market insight and execution.
Identify opportunities to embed automation, improve data quality, and accelerate decision timelines within the trading workflow.
Partner with internal resources to advance practical AI use cases that improve commercial outcomes.
Mentor and develop junior traders and associates.
Contribute to trading capability development, including improving the team's analytical and data fluency over time.
Travel up to 20%.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in Agribusiness, Economics, Finance, or a related field is preferred.
Experience building or interpreting Excel-based models or analytical frameworks is preferred.
Experience mentoring or leading traders is preferred.

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.

Summary

CHS, Inc. is hiring a Sr. Commodity Trader - Crop Nutrients/Agronomy. The Senior Commodity Trader is responsible for owning and managing a defined trading book with full P&L accountability, developing and executing trading and risk management strategies, and leading commercial engagement for assigned commodities. This role provides strategic leadership across markets, customers, and internal partners while serving as a key decision-maker in positioning, arbitrage, and risk management.

This is an onsite position at our global corporate headquarters in Inver Grove Heights, MN.

Responsibilities

Trading, Risk & P&L Ownership

Own and manage a defined trading book with direct accountability for profitability, risk exposure, and performance
Develop, execute, and adjust trading strategies within approved risk limits
Actively manage flat price, basis, and structural risk

Market Strategy & Positioning

Lead development of market point-of-view incorporating global and regional supply/demand fundamentals
Identify and execute arbitrage and positioning opportunities
Integrate data-driven insights, scenario analysis, and AI-supported outputs into market views
Translate market intelligence into actionable commercial strategies with clear risk/return trade-offs

Commercial Leadership & Relationships

Develop and maintain senior-level relationships with customers, suppliers, and counterparties
Lead commercial negotiations for physical and structured transactions
Partner with sales teams to drive growth and value creation

Execution & Cross-Functional Leadership

Lead coordination across logistics, execution, finance, legal, tax, credit, and risk
Oversee contract review and execution planning
Ensure compliance with governance and regulatory standards

Analytics, AI & Continuous Improvement

Apply structured analytical approaches (e.g., supply/demand balances, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis) to support trading decisions
Utilize and continuously improve digital tools, dashboards, and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance market insight and execution
Identify opportunities to embed automation, improve data quality, and accelerate decision timelines within the trading workflow
Partner with internal resources to advance practical AI use cases that improve commercial outcomes, not just theoretical models

Talent Development & Organizational Impact

Mentor and develop junior traders and associates
Contribute to trading capability development, including raising the team’s analytical and data fluency over time

Minimum Qualifications (required)

High School diploma or GED
4+ years of experience in trading, procurement, or commodities

Additional Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree preferred in Agribusiness, Economics, Finance, or related field
Significant experience in commodity trading or risk management
Proven P&L accountability and performance
Strong commercial judgment and decision-making skills
Experience trading agricultural commodities, fertilizers, or energy
Strong understanding of global supply chains and logistics
Demonstrated ability to use data, models, or structured analysis to inform trading decisions
Familiarity with analytics tools, dashboards, or AI-enabled platforms and ability to incorporate outputs into commercial decision-making
Experience building or interpreting Excel-based models or analytical frameworks preferred
Experience mentoring or leading traders preferred
Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMCSA Clearinghouse.

Physical Requirements

Travel up to 20%

CHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and, depending upon position, may include other earnings such as bonus, incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills and certifications, minimum wage/salary requirements under local law.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance, subject to the eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.

CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.

Please note that any communication from a CHS recruiter would be sent using a chsinc.com email address. In addition, a CHS recruiter will not ask for confidential information over the phone or in an email, or request money from a candidate involved in an offer process. If you have questions regarding an employment opportunity, please reach out to [email protected]; to verify that the communication is from CHS.

About the Company

CHS

Trades grain and sells fuel and fertilizer

CHS is a farmer-owned cooperative that markets grain and supplies fuel, fertilizer and crop protection products to farmers and rural communities. It is the largest farmer-owned cooperative in the United States. Its grain business stores, trades and exports crops and crushes oilseeds into meal and oil for food and feed buyers, while its energy business refines crude oil and sells fuels and lubricants under the Cenex brand through local cooperatives and retailers. Earnings flow back to member owners as patronage, allocated by how much business each does with the cooperative. CHS traces its roots to farmer cooperatives founded in the late 1920s and is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Inver Grove Heights, MN
Founded: 1929

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