Junior Grain Trader
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Are you competitive, entrepreneurial, and driven by results? Do you enjoy negotiating, building relationships, and finding opportunities?
At Grain St Laurent, we buy and sell physical agricultural commodities across North America. This isn’t financial trading: you’ll learn how to buy, sell, and execute real transactions with real suppliers, customers, and shipments.
Our goal: train you to become a Grain Trader and build your own book of business.
Your Path to Trader
0–6 months | Logistics - Understand the Deal
You’ll start by learning how a transaction works from A to Z. You’ll coordinate shipments, negotiate freight, and handle issues as they come up.
This stage teaches you how freight, shipping terms, and execution directly impact pricing and margins - an essential foundation for becoming a Trader.
6–12 months | Procurement - Learn to Buy
You’ll then move into the commercial side of the business and start building your own supplier network.
You’ll prospect, develop relationships, negotiate prices and volumes, identify available inventory, and find buying opportunities to support the trading team.
This is where you’ll develop your commercial instincts and deepen your understanding of the market.
12+ months | Trader - Buy + Sell
Now, you’ll build your own book of customers while continuing to manage and grow your supplier network.
You’ll work both sides of the market: buying, selling, negotiating your margins, and managing your transactions from the first conversation all the way through delivery.
Ultimately, you own your suppliers, your customers, your deals, and your results.
Who We’re Looking For
- Entrepreneurial, competitive, and results-driven
- Comfortable with prospecting and relationship building
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Able to make decisions and solve problems quickly
- Independent, organized, resourceful, and comfortable taking ownership
- Bilingual in French and English, due to the territory covered by our business.
- Experience in B2B sales, agriculture, logistics, distribution, or a commission-based environment is an asset
Why McGill St Laurent?
- A clear, hands-on path to becoming a Trader
- Uncapped commissions as you progress into trading
- An entrepreneurial culture where initiative is rewarded
- The opportunity to build your own book of business
- A fast-paced, competitive, performance-driven environment
- Great offices with a gym, golf simulator, lounge, locker rooms, and showers
Learn the business.
Build your network. Become a Trader. \n\n
#GSL
More about this job
Responsibilities
You will manage the end-to-end process of agricultural commodity transactions, including logistics, freight negotiation, and shipment coordination. Over time, you will build and manage your own book of business by developing supplier networks and executing buy and sell trades.
Requirements
The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial, results-driven individual with strong negotiation and communication skills. Proficiency in both English and French is required, along with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Negotiation
- Relationship building
- Prospecting
- Logistics
- B2B sales
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Resourcefulness
- Organization
- Commercial awareness
- Trading
- Procurement
- Bilingualism
Benefits
- Uncapped commissions
- Gym access
- Golf simulator
- Lounge
- Locker rooms
- Showers
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Sales
- Logistics
- Agriculture
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Grain trading
- Agricultural commodities
- Logistics
- Procurement
- B2B sales
- Freight negotiation
- Supply chain
- Market analysis
- Entrepreneurial
- Commission-based
- Distribution
- Inventory management
- Relationship management
- Trading book
- Shipment execution