Position Summary

The Grain Marketing Advisor’s role is to develop and maintain customer service relationships with farmers while originating five million bushels or more yearly.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Strong knowledge of grain markets: trends, charts, local supply/demand, competition, carry/inverted markets.
• Originate grain bushels; create grain marketing plans
• Build and maintain customer relationships and reports.
• Support team unity and achieve group goals.
• Speak to a minimum of 20 to 30 farmers a day by phone, emails, farm visits, marketing meetings.
• Understand and utilize company grain contracts.
• Understand Option strategies.
• Strong decision-making, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to remain flexible to ever-changing dynamics.
• Ability to maintain independent time management skills.
• Learn all aspects of the grain business unit.
• Ability to take direction and willingness to assist where needed and take on new tasks.
• Assist with grain scale operations when needed; Ensure inbound and outbound grain quality.
• Stay up to date with market competitors and relay information to grain team.

Qualifications 

• 5 years grain marketing experience. Proven record of growing grain origination.
• Persuasive business communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as with the team cohesively. 
• Ability to prioritize in fast-paced setting.
• Ability and willingness to work longer hours when needed.