Overview
A Day in the Life
This position is responsible for conducting commercial and trading activities associated with grain origination and marketing for a grain elevator or soybean processing facility.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Communication with farmers and elevator customers to originate grain and provide customer service
- Service farmer customers in areas of market information, e-business, bids, hours, grade reporting and accounting issues in a proactive manner that exceeds expectations and builds strong relationships
- Communication with feed mills, livestock producers, brokers, and other buyers in marketing soybeans meal and soyhull pellets
- Create and communication load order numbers for product loading to customers and internal groups
- Facilitate and assist in the communication and exchange of business information and market conditions between local and corporate management in a timely and accurate manner
- Evaluation and report changing crop and market conditions to appropriate company personnel in a timely and accurate manner
- Verify overnight markets to protect bid, ensuring merchants are updated
- Check local competition and elevator bid structure ensuring Bunge is competitive
- Ensure compliance with contracts
- Update bid sheet daily and distribute internally and externally
- Attend all safety meetings
Skills/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Agriculture Economics or relevant discipline
- 1-2 years of relevant experience. Prior experience within the agribusiness and/or food industry preferred.
- Strong interest in agribusiness, specifically soybean processing / refining operations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders with a focus on customer service
- Demonstrated problem solving, execution and organizational skills
- Be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment
Benefits:
- Health Benefits – Offering choices so you can enroll in medical, dental and vision plans that meet your individual needs.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Family Support – Supporting new and growing families by providing paid parental leave.
- Tuition Reimbursement – after one year of service, eligible for tuition expenses reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year.
- Time Off – Providing generous PTO based on professional work experience
