Role Purpose:

The role will be responsible for developing and driving strategies to expand the company's agricultural commodities trading business, identify new commodity and geographic opportunities, evaluate value-addition opportunities, and ensure effective implementation of approved business plans.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop strategies to increase the width and diversity of commodities traded by the organization.

- Identify and evaluate opportunities for expansion into new geographies and markets.

- Assess opportunities for value addition, processing and downstream integration across selected commodities.

- Conduct market, industry and competitive analysis to evaluate the commercial attractiveness of new opportunities.

- Work closely with trading, procurement, operations, finance and other teams to translate strategic initiatives into actionable business plans.

- Supervise and monitor implementation of approved strategies and business initiatives.

- Track business performance, market developments and emerging opportunities and recommend course corrections where required.

- Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders across international markets.

- Undertake global travel for market visits, opportunity assessment, partner discussions and business development.

Candidate Profile:

- 8 - 12 years of relevant experience, with a meaningful part of the experience in the agricultural commodities - commodity trading domain.

- MBA from a premier B-School is mandatory.

- Strong understanding of commodity markets, trading businesses and international markets.

- Experience in business strategy, market expansion, new business development or strategic initiatives.

- Exposure to African markets will be preferred.

- Strong analytical and commercial orientation with the ability to evaluate new business opportunities.

- Ability to work across functions and drive implementation rather than only strategy formulation.

- Willingness and ability to travel extensively across global markets.

Key Competencies:

- Strategic Thinking

- Commodity Market Understanding

- Business Expansion - Market Entry

- Commercial Acumen

- Opportunity Evaluation

- Value-Addition Strategy

- Analytical - Problem-Solving Skills

- Cross-functional Leadership

- Execution Orientation

- International Exposure