Agronomy Operations Senior

Landus; Yetter (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Landus is seeking an Operations Senior focusing on agronomy operations to manage and optimize daily processes and align them with long-term goals. You will oversee activities, resolve challenges, improve efficiency, and contribute to training while serving farmer-owners and customers.

You will mentor staff, manage maintenance needs, and drive safety and compliance across locations, supporting growth and capital projects within the agronomy and feed sectors.

Qualifications

• Licenses: Must have a Class A CDL with applicable endorsements or be able to obtain one.
• Operate a motor vehicle safely to perform essential functions per company policy.

Responsibilities

• Assist location personnel in logistics, inventory management, blending, and housekeeping.
• Teach and mentor Landus personnel to run safely and effectively.
• Identify and resolve maintenance issues within agronomy assets.
• Ensure locations are accurate in agronomy inventory and quality.
• Participate in multi-year expansion and facility optimization plans.
• Work with location on safety and compliance procedures.
• Create and prioritize a capital project budget for each location.
• Collaborate with leaders to optimize the Agronomy operations area.
• Assist in strategic growth and directional planning and analysis.
• Maintain agronomy and feed sales, grain origination and marketing with existing and new customers.
• Follow Landus policies regarding HR, grain, agronomy and feed.
• Champion safety throughout the organization.

Skills

CDL Class A

Job description

Description

About the Role

The Operations Senior specializing in agronomy operations is responsible for managing and optimizing operational processes, ensuring alignment between daily operations and long-term strategic goals. This role includes overseeing activities, resolving operational challenges, improving efficiency, and managing agronomy operations and quality. You will also contribute to training efforts and provide exceptional service to our farmer-owners and customers.

What will you do?

• Assist location personnel in logistics, total inventory management, blending, custom application services, and housekeeping.
• Teach and mentor Landus personnel to run safely and effectively.
• Identify and assist in resolving maintenance issues within agronomy assets.
• Ensure assigned locations are accurate in agronomy inventory and quality.
• Participate and provide guidance on annual and multi-year expansion and facility optimization plans.
• Work with the location on all safety and compliance procedures
• Creates & prioritizes a capital project budget for each location
• Collaborate with other leaders in the organization to optimize the Agronomy operations area of the business.
• Assist in strategic growth and direction planning/analysis.
• Maintain and increase agronomy and feed sales, grain origination and marketing with existing customers and grow business with new customers, as applicable.
• Know & follow all Landus’ policies and procedures regarding human resources, grain, agronomy and feed.
• Be a Champion for Safety throughout the organization.

Requirements

Licenses: Must have a Class A CDL with applicable endorsements or be able to obtain one, if applicable to the location. This position requires the safe operation of a motor vehicle to perform the essential functions of the job. The employee must meet the qualifications set forth in the company’s vehicle safety policy. Failure to meet these qualifications could result in removal from this position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.