Administrator - Farm Trading (Fixed Term Contract)

Archer Daniels Midland Company; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Archer Daniels Midland Company is seeking an Administrator for Farm Trading on a fixed-term contract in Germany. The role provides essential administrative support to the Farm Trading team, managing contracts, pricing data, records, and customer communications.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, proficient in Microsoft Office, and capable of coordinating with farmers and internal colleagues to ensure smooth operations and compliance.

Qualifikationen

• One year's experience of working in an administrative role essential.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) with the ability to learn and work with bespoke systems.

Aufgaben

• Provide proactive, efficient administrative support to the Farm Trading team, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
• Work closely with Farm Traders, supporting daily activities such as handling inquiries, managing contracts, processing amendments, and sharing pricing and sample results.
• Build strong relationships with farmers by maintaining regular contact and supporting ongoing business opportunities.
• Set up new customer accounts and maintain accurate, up-to-date records.
• Assist with general account management including monitoring overdue accounts and chasing stakeholders to return paperwork for compliance purposes.
• Maintain spreadsheets to determine availability/quality and pricing requirements of forward contracts.
• Contact customers by telephone when required and route or escalate leads to Farm Traders as needed.
• Assist with campaigns and ensure information is presented accurately and timely.
• Help organise farmer events and the workloads of samplers during harvest.

Kenntnisse

Excellent communication

Organised

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Word

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Administrator - Farm Trading (Fixed Term Contract)

Job Purpose: To be part of a team providing key support to the Farm Trading department, delivering high-quality administrative expertise that helps drive commercial success and strong customer relationships across the agricultural sector.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide proactive, efficient administrative support to the Farm Trading team, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
• Work closely with Farm Traders, supporting daily activities such as handling enquiries, managing contracts, processing amendments, and sharing pricing and sample results.
• Build strong relationships with farmers by maintaining regular contact and supporting ongoing business opportunities.
• Set up new customer accounts and maintain accurate, up-to-date records.
• To assist with general account management including, but not limited to, activley monitoring overdue accounts, along with managing and chasing stakeholders to return paperwork required for compliance purposes (eg. Warrants, Regen Programmes, ID), and escalating where necessary.
• Maintenance of spreadsheets to determine availability/quality and pricing requirements of forward contracts.
• Contact customers by telephone when required, and filter/direct incoming calls to the relevant colleague or department, including esculating leads to Farm Traders.
• Assisting the Farm Trading desk with campaigns providing relevant information is presented in an accurate and timely manner.
• Assisting with the organisation of farmer events.
• To assist with organisation of samplers and their workloads during harvest.

Skills, Abilities and Experience:

Experience

• One year's experience of working in an administrative role essential.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) with the ability to learn and work with bespoke systems.

Capabilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly.
• Highly organised, proactive and motivated to deliver outstanding administration support.
• Comfortable with working collaboratively and building relationships with both internal teams and external customers.
• High attention to detail including accurate data entry and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks effectively.

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