Agri-Operations & Inventory Leader

Helena - Agri Enterprises, LLC; Washburn (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Reward Dollars HSA

401(k) company-match

Earned Wage Access (DailyPay)

Paid time-off & holidays

Life Insurance

Disability coverage

Parental Leave

Education Assistance

Job summary

Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC seeks an Operations Manager to identify process improvements and boost productivity at the Washburn, IL location. You will develop procedures to meet business objectives for the site and lead a team across field operations.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or technical certificate and 3 years’ experience in operations/sales/branch management within agriculture, with strong leadership and multitasking capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or technical school certificate is required.
• Three years of operations, sales or branch management experience in the agricultural field is required.
• Experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Leadership skills including supervising a five to ten member team is required.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and improves practices to lower average inventory shrinkage costs.
• Ensures fertilizer freight is captured at the correct cost center and trains the branch team.
• Serves as a resource to branch leadership and assists with specific improvement activities within the branch.
• Serves as a point of contact for Proprietary Products and Branch Managers to ensure branch fertilizer and seed treatment invoicing is accurate.
• Identifies and recommends product forecasting and stocking plans to create opportunity for Helena brands.
• Provides guidance to locations on the best usage of flat storage.
• Manages total inventories relative to the best taxable position.
• Corrects invoicing of tech fees and available system reports.
• Assists branches with justification and utilization of capital and lease requests.
• Provides assistance to division purchasing and business leaders on actions to reduce slow and dead inventory.
• Gives direction on inventory management tools and inventory management practices.
• Supports seed group in managing long-term seed inventory.
• Manages other members of the team.
• May be required to operate a company vehicle.
• Provides excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.
• Other work-related duties as assigned by leader.
• Reliable and regular attendance is required.
• Follows all company policies and procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Multi-tasking

Dispatching

Safety compliance

MS Office

Spanish

Driver's license

English

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree or technical certificate

3 years operations/sales/branch management

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC seeks an Operations Manager to identify process improvements and boost productivity at the Washburn, IL location. You will develop procedures to meet business objectives for the site and lead a team across field operations.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or technical certificate and 3 years’ experience in operations/sales/branch management within agriculture, with strong leadership and multitasking capabilities.