What if nature could be harnessed to help farmers sustainably feed the planet? Since 2014, Indigo has questioned agriculture's full value chain to improve grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health. The company’s scientific discoveries and digital innovations have amplified new value from soil to sale, benefiting more than 10,000 growers to date. Indigo is also the company behind The Terraton Initiative, a global effort to drawdown one trillion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide by unlocking the potential of agricultural soils. In 2019, Indigo was ranked #1 on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Indigo has additional offices in Memphis, TN; Research Triangle Park, NC; Sydney, Australia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Basel, Switzerland; and São Paulo, Brazil.

The role of Junior Hedging Specialist will minimize Indigo’s risk in commodity markets and delight customers.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure alignment of GCS metrics around customer satisfaction
• Support the design and implementation of Portfolio Management and Grower Pricing order management systems
• Meet with Account Managers and key members of Food and Fiber Team to align needs
• Learn all grain marketing portions of current offers
• Minimize fill times for grower orders
• Understand and embody Indigo’s mission and core values

Competencies:

• Strong phone communication with diverse audiences (farmers, internal teams, etc.)
• Comfortable working with all market participants (including growers, buyers, and internal stakeholders)
• Strong sense of integrity; able to find balance between questioning authority and adhering to policy
• Technologically literate
• Data driven; propensity to use data to inform decisions
• Takes clear ownership for mistakes
• Able to maintain composure and stay calm during busy times
• Detail oriented

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with grain and/or futures markets strongly preferred
• Personal or professional experience with agriculture a plus
• Experience with at least one code/query language preferred
• Grain desk and/or grain pricing experience preferred but not required
• Familiar with cash grain marketing terms
• Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese preferred