Grain Origination Representative

Cargill; Manitoba; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company is seeking a Grain Origination Representative to connect customers with competitive grain offerings using local market knowledge. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree, a valid driver's license, and two years of related experience. The role involves identifying customers, managing relationships, and collaborating with various teams, based in Manitoba.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of related work experience.
• Possess a valid Canadian Full Class 5 Driver’s Licence.
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential customers and manage existing relationships.
• Position commodity offers in local cash markets.
• Collaborate with sales and operations teams.

Skills

Customer relationship management

Market access knowledge

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Customer relationship management software

Job description

Overview

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain business. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver essential products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Grain Origination Representative will, with guidance, represent the critical link between customers, commercial accounts and the company's customer facing strategy. In this role, you will translate regional and local cash commodity market knowledge into timely and competitive grain offerings for customers.

Key Accountabilities

• Help identify potential customers and handle existing customer relationships.
• Focus on competitively positioning commodity offers in local cash markets to efficiently source them through our processing facilities while focusing on maximizing profitability for both customers and the company.
• With guidance develop a deep understanding of the basic market access needs desired by customers in the segment and work to quickly adapt to changes in these needs with shifts in local cash markets.
• Collaborate with internal sales, merchandising, customer service and operations teams to meet customer needs efficiently and in a manner which is tightly linked to regional and local cash market strategies.
• Enable an efficient and effective customer experience through utilizing our systems and digital offerings.
• Support business growth by consistently identify and communicate customer insights back into the business unit that can be utilized to create and enhance standardized customer segment value propositions, as well as overall business strategy development.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Possess a valid Canadian Full Class 5 Driver’s Licence in good standing, authorizing you to drive independently during the course of your employment
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of grain and crop input operations and products
• CCA certification or ability to get one
• Experience using customer relationship management software

Position Information

• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
• Travel is required to cover the area of responsibility.
• This position is located in Elm Creek, MB

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.