Grain Origination Merchant

South Dakota Ag Connection; Yankton, Northern (SD, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Medical, vision and dental coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement savings

Employee and family assistance program

Job summary

The Grain Origination Merchant role at Cargill, based at our Yankton, SD facility, connects farmer customers with our cash market strategy. You will translate local market knowledge into timely offers for corn and soybean products, collaborating with sales, merchandising, and operations teams to maximize value for customers and the company.

You will build relationships with farmer customers, understand their market access needs, and adapt quickly to changing local cash markets while delivering

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of related work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Commercial or sales experience.
• Understanding of basic production agriculture principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with farmer customers.
• Focus on competitively positioning commodity offers in local cash markets to efficiently source them through our facilities while focusing on maximizing profitability for both customers and the company.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Customer relationship building

Sales experience

Agriculture knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Grain Origination Merchant will represent the critical link between farmer customers and the company's customer facing strategy. In this role, you will translate regional and local cash commodity market knowledge into timely and competitive service offerings for customers. This role is based at our facility in Napa Junction, South Dakota, and will primarily support operations involving corn and soybean products.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with farmer customers.
• Focus on competitively positioning commodity offers in local cash markets to efficiently source them through our facilities while focusing on maximizing profitability for both customers and the company.
• 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.
• 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.

Minimum qualifications

• Minimum of two years of related work experience.
• Preferred qualification.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Commercial or sales experience.
• Understanding of basic production agriculture principles.

Position information

The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

This position is posted internally as well as externally.

If selected for an interview you will be required to submit your past two performance reviews.

The Hiring Manager of this position is Katie Romesberg.

This position is on site located in Yankton, SD.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• paid holidays
• medical, vision and dental coverage
• flexible spending accounts
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• retirement savings
• employee and family assistance program (EAP)

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

Learn more at: www.cargill.com/myhealth