What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grain Buyer position at The Wenger Group?
Job Description
Job Description
Who are we :
We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.
We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!
Learn more here : https : / / www.thewengergroup.com
Position Summary :
The Grain Buyer is responsible for buying and contracting grain (corns, soybeans, wheat), developing long-term business relationships with identified customers and identifying and contacting prospective customers. They will work with grain producers to facilitate marketing plans, provide clear and consistent messaging to customers, aid in grain flow / storage planning at the location level and help Wenger Feed Mill locations meet production and quality goals. They are responsible for ensuring the current buying program is being managed to maximize returns while maintaining competitive pricing.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Effectively and efficiently procure grain from area producers into the Wenger Feed Mill system, focusing on both basis, quality, volume, and strategic objectives.
- Developing long-term business relationships with a targeted customer and strive to meet the individual customer's marketing needs, along with identifying and promoting the value of doing business with the Nutrify / Wenger Team. The primary goal will be to maximize mutual value for both the customer and Nutrify.
- Understanding and following Nutrify's grain contracting procedures as well as National Grain and Feed Association Trade and Arbitration Rules in daily grain contract activity.
- Communicating effectively with customers, via direct and electronic means (i.e. text messaging, e-mail, newsletters, social media, etc.), and with others in the Nutrify Procurement Department to originate and procure grain.
- Tracking and communicating producer trends, marketing plans, crop conditions, wants / needs / concerns to the appropriate people within the Nutrify Management Team.
- Utilizing and maintaining detailed records on the targeted customers to enhance the understanding of customers' needs and the unique characteristics of their operations.
- Participating and assisting in the planning and execution of the Nutrify Grain Procurement Team strategy, business plans, and marketing efforts.
- working closely with Wenger Feed Mill Managers to make joint farm calls to effectively initiate / maintain customer relationships with Nutrify.
Who you are :
In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building :
What our benefits are :
For all full-time members :
Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.
The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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