Grain Marketing Advisor

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 decisionmaking negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
  
• Ability to remain flexible to everchanging 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 fastpaced setting.
  
• Ability and willingness to work longer hours when needed.