Agricultural Commodities Trading

Overview

About Baringa: We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. We collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, helping them define strategy, deliver complex change, spot commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients value how we get to know what makes their organisations tick and how we integrate into their teams to solve challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and work worldwide—from wind farms to boardrooms.

Our Commodity and Energy Trading practice is looking for individuals of all levels of experience to join the team in Switzerland. Our team operates across all major commodities, including oil, metals and agriculture, and partners with clients to translate strategy into action, build digital capabilities, and evolve trading IT landscapes. We’re seeking people with industry and consulting experience in complex digital programs within trading, with a focus on agriculture. You’ll be involved in significant client transformation projects, primarily in Switzerland and Europe, with opportunities to contribute to global initiatives.

What you will be doing

From designing target operating models to implementing integrated trading systems. Examples of projects we typically get involved in include:

• Trading systems transformations: Implementations, upgrades and system selections for market-leading trading organisations, including new and innovative products.
• Digital transformation: Mature clients’ digital capabilities and embed ML and AI into architectures, including improving commercial decision making and trader decision-support tooling.
• Business restructuring: Design and implement operating models for complex global organisations covering the full trading and commodity lifecycle.

Your skills and experience

We’re seeking people across all levels—from senior consultants to senior managers and directors with digital transformation delivery experience. A well-rounded candidate should demonstrate strengths across three key areas:

• Trading Knowledge: Expertise in agricultural/bulk commodities trading markets, with understanding of trading processes, market dynamics and industry trends.
• Digital Transformation: Experience in developing and delivering digital trading capabilities, including data-driven trading platforms, ideally in the agricultural space.
• Data Strategy and Management: Track record of managing and delivering projects across their full lifecycle, from inception to completion, with adaptability across SDLC roles.

Additionally, we value candidates with:

• Business Analyst Skills: Ability to analyze and shape business processes and solutions, capture requirements, and define functional and non-functional requirements.
• Strong network in the commodity sector

As a consulting firm, we offer client-facing roles requiring adaptability in dynamic environments. For senior positions, we also expect:

• Project/Program Management: Ability to lead complex projects or programs, manage cross-functional teams, timelines and budgets, using methodologies such as Agile.
• Leadership and Client Ownership: Ability to own client relationships, deliver results in client-facing environments, and manage senior stakeholders.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First – Baringa is a people-first company; wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We offer flexible working and strong benefits, including:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: 5 weeks of annual leave, with a 5-Year Recharge benefit of 2 additional weeks after five years of continuous service.
• Flexible Working: Hybrid working policy with flexibility around unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: 3 days per year to support social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing Fund: An annual fund to support wellbeing activities.
• Career Progression: Quarterly promotion reviews with no quotas if you’re ready and delivering at the right level.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion – We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive for belonging, diversity, and inclusion as drivers of creativity and value for clients and our people.

An award-winning workplace – We are recognised as a great place to work and celebrate our commitments to women and well-being in the workplace.

Using business as a force for good – We maintain high environmental performance standards and transparency, including our Net Zero targets and support of the Better Business Act. We report progress publicly and engage with external assessments (CDP, EcoVadis) to identify continual improvements. Our CSR agenda focuses on giving back to communities through skills, talent and time, supporting charities and organisations with social or environmental purpose.

Join us

All applications will be considered without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those with diverse educational and career paths to apply. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process with reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

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