Grain Originator

Ag Partners does not authorize salary estimates or third-party job board reposting. Compensation ranges listed elsewhere are not provided or confirmed by Ag Partners.

SUMMARY

The Grain Originator is responsible for growing the volume of grain marketed through Ag Partners, especially in the direct farm to market segment, by aggressively building grower relationships and assisting growers with their grain marketing needs. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

(Includes the following and other duties may be assigned.)

Responsible for:

• Developing business relationships with the Cooperative’s growers.
• Providing excellent customer service and working to build customer relations with current and new customers.
• Reporting customer price targets to the grain merchandiser.
• Tracking individually each grower’s grain positions and share those with the grain merchandising team.
• Making plans with Coop growers on profitable levels in the market throughout the year.
• Working with the growers to use their crop insurance guarantee number of bushels to safely market grain throughout the year.
• Providing insight to the growers on things that affect the market (weather, time of year, crop size, rainfall, etc.).
• Helping conduct grower meetings in each Ag Partners Cooperative Regions throughout the year;
• Learning the risk tolerances of our local growers and communicating the type of tools that fit those growers to the grain merchandising team.
• Educating our local growers on the types of products and services Ag Partners Cooperative provides.
• Communicating new customer opportunities for Ag Partners Cooperative to the appropriate company department.
• Adherence to safety policies and providing safety leadership.
• Promoting and adhering to the company Core Values of honesty, integrity & teamwork.
• Adhering to cooperative credit policy.
• Promptly and regularly report to work and work overtime hours as needed.
• Present a clean and professional appearance.
• Employee is required to perform all other duties as directed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES 

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The qualifications, demands and environments described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

This position requires a 4-year college degree, or 5 or more years’ experience in the agricultural and grain marketing filed.   Must be willing to seek out and attend additional continuing education, seminars classes or other job-related education requirements or opportunities.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.   Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.  

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume, and weights.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS

Drivers license required. 

REASONING ABILITY

The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Able to deal with problems with several concrete variables in standard situations.  Must be able to think quickly and perform a mental assessment of workplace hazards, take appropriate precautions, and choose appropriate PPE as dictated by need, regulation and labeling. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the 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 use hands to finger, read, talk and/or hear.   The employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and occasionally required to climb or balance 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, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the 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 exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; wet and/or humid condition; extreme cold and extreme heat; toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places risk of electrical shock and explosives.  The noise level in this work environment usually loud (although not believed to exceed the eight-hour threshold for working in or around loud equipment).  The employee must understand and implement all related safety policies, procedures and programs for prevention and protection while performing job duties in various work environments.

Ag Partners does not authorize salary estimates or third-party job board reposting. Compensation ranges listed elsewhere are not provided or confirmed by Ag Partners.