Idaho Grain Merchandiser Lead: Origination & Growth

The Arthur Companies; Blackfoot (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus tied to performance

Idaho impact

Entrepreneurial freedom

Team culture

Job summary

The Arthur Companies in Blackfoot, Idaho, seeks an experienced grain merchandiser to lead origination and sales across Idaho assets. You will build strong relationships with farmers and customers, manage risk and execution, and drive profitable growth.

Join a trusted leader in agricultural merchandising with a clear path to influence grain strategy, logistics, and asset performance across our Idaho team. A competitive base salary and bonus structure align with performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in grain merchandising, trading, origination, or agricultural commodity procurement and sales.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a merchandising book with purchasing, selling, position management, and profit accountability.
• Strong knowledge of cash grain markets, futures, basis, spreads, contracting, logistics, and producer risk management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a full merchandising book: Originate grain from farmers and market to end users, balancing supply, demand, margin, and assets.
• Build strategic relationships with Idaho producers, commercial grain customers, and industry partners to generate repeat business.
• Drive profitable decisions by evaluating markets, identifying opportunities, negotiating purchases and sales, and achieving margin targets.
• Manage positions and risk: monitor futures, basis, spreads, contracts, inventory, and counterparty exposure within risk parameters.
• Lead execution across Idaho: coordinate with operations, logistics, accounting, agronomy, and merchandising teams to align grain flows and contracts.

Skills

Grain merchandising

Trading

Origination

Risk management

Contract execution

Education

Bachelor's degree in agriculture/business/economics

Job description

The Arthur Companies in Blackfoot, Idaho, seeks an experienced grain merchandiser to lead origination and sales across Idaho assets. You will build strong relationships with farmers and customers, manage risk and execution, and drive profitable growth.

Join a trusted leader in agricultural merchandising with a clear path to influence grain strategy, logistics, and asset performance across our Idaho team. A competitive base salary and bonus structure align with performance.