Commercial Management Trainee
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Key Accountabilities
- Prepare and coordinate product introductions and updates.
- Participate in compiling and evaluating research on market product requirements and identify enhancements to current features and functionality.
- Help coordinate program planning with customers to identify manufacturing schedules, goals, design criteria, costs and similar considerations.
- Help plan, organize and coordinate assigned programs to accomplish financial and budgetary goals.
- Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Build, monitor and revise lead generation plans to develop substantive sales opportunities.
- Help assess customer needs and suggest appropriate products, services and solutions.
- Help in monitoring product performance vs budgetary goals and propose/execute related actions
- Coordinate the business plan execution with internal and external stakeholders (sales, production planning, R&D, finance, manufacturng and supply chain (including toll manufacturers)
- Follow up sales performance, margins, manufacturing schedules, customer visits and demos, costs and similar metrics
- Participate in compiling and evaluating research on market needs and identify improvements in product value proposition and portfolio
Qualifications
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, economics, engineering, or a related field.
- 0–2 years of work experience (internships included).
- Fluency in English and fluency in the local language.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced commercial environment.
- Motivation to build a long-term career in commercial teams.
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What We Offer
- A structured, high-impact development journey with coaching and mentorship.
- Hands-on learning across multiple commercial teams
- Rotation between different product categories & departments
- Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Clear, accelerated career pathways post-program.
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
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