Job Description
Trading Assistant**Job Description**
**COMPANY OVERVIEW**
AgMotion is a global agricultural trading company specializing in the movement of physical commodities to international markets. Working across global supply chains, transportation networks, and export markets, AgMotion helps connect U.S. agriculture to customers around the world.
**SUMMARY**
The Export Documentation Specialist / Trading Assistant owns and manages the end\-to\-end operational and documentation flow required to execute domestic and international agricultural trades. This role works at the intersection of regulatory compliance, and commodity trade execution, ensuring shipments move efficiently across complex international supply chains.
The position supports global trade activity where freight markets, tariffs, vessel schedules, weather disruptions, and international regulations can materially impact shipment execution and customer outcomes on a daily basis. Successful candidates will be comfortable managing multiple moving pieces across compliance, documentation, and commercial operations in a constantly shifting international trade environment.
**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
***Note:*** *This list is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time.*
* Manage trade documentation and compliance requirements, including export certificates, letters of credit, and other regulatory documentation
* Communicate with suppliers, customers, and service providers \- both domestic and international \- as well as internal teams to keep shipments moving efficiently
* Create and distribute contracts to the supplier/customer outlining details of the transaction
* Daily settlement of inbound and/or outbound loads
* Enter transaction details into our proprietary software; update as necessary
* Monitor inventory levels, shipment activity, contract execution, and operational reporting to
support trading activities
* Receive and process invoices from vendors; work with accounting to process payments, timely and accurately
* Generate and send billing to appropriately account for sales; ensure pertinent backup accompanies invoices
* Identify and resolve operational issues related to documentation, logistics, billing, shipment
timing, and trade execution
* Communicate with facilities, customers, transportation providers, traders, and accounting to ensure pertinent information is effectively relayed across all
* Support multimodal logistics coordination across truck, rail, drayage, barge, and ocean transportation networks;
* Generate reports daily/periodically to update the trader on several key items including inventory, logistics, and contracts
* Perform other administrative tasks as needed to support the trading group or other areas of the organization
**REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
* High School Diploma required; Assoc...