Grain Marketing Advisor

Description

The Landus family offers a phenomenal benefit package that includes:

• 75% of health insurance premiums paid with options for medical, dental, and vision plans.
• A strong 401K employer match to assist in planning for your retirement
• Time off to assist with a work life balance by giving you 18 days PTO within first year. Other time off includes 8 paid holidays, volunteer time off and paternal leave
• We offer Flex Time which allows you to have a flexible schedule during approved times.
• Education Assistance
• Employee profit sharing incentive plan
• On the job training & career advancement opportunities
• New state of the art Innovation Connector located in Des Moines.

Landus is currently seeking a GROW Grain Market Advisor! Do you have a passion for agriculture? Do you want to be part of a team that grows the success of our farmer-owners? Then come join our team!

We are seeking a motivated individual who will proactively originate, develop, deliver and execute grain marketing knowledge, risk management tools, and pricing opportunities to producers. At Landus, you’ll find a fun team atmosphere and a stable career that offers excellent benefits for full-time employees!

Includes but not limited to the following:

• Learn and deliver new programs, technology, and strategies for the GROW Solutions Center.
• Adopting new technology, delivered through the Grow Solutions Center, to utilize data and provide solutions to the farmer that will drive value back to the farm, assist with capturing farmer data for current and future programs.
• Maintain and increase grain market share through direct origination, retain existing customers and grow business with new customers.
• Strong commitment to sales orientation and customer focus on a daily basis.
• This involves active daily contact to producers.
• Make selected sales calls on present and prospective customers regarding marketing their grain through Landus.
• Develop and maintain a call list of potential grain accounts.
• Design grain marketing programs to meet farmer’s needs and in support of BU strategies and direction, coordinate with Grain Services team on risk management.
• Develop and monitor customer marketing plans and sales history.
• Disseminate grain information to partner BU and Areas to help coach them and assist in market development.
• Maintain and track on-farm premium reserved bushels (and other future origination tactics) and work to price/originate those bushels over the year.
• Learn, understand and use the Landus complaint process to consistently apply to a variety of situations.
• Understand and promote the Landus culture and philosophy.
• Participate in marketing, sales, and other types of training, and share information with others.
• Establish and maintain record keeping systems and continually update information for accurate and timely retrieval related to Landus bids and basis, local processors/domestic markets, freight rates, etc.
• Through agility, courage, teamwork, and speed this position will bring growth, performance and strategy to Landus farmer owners, teammates and partners

• Must have a valid state motor vehicle operator’s license.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and related experience and/or training
• The employee may be required to have a NFA Series III and Series 30 Commodity Brokers License, as needed.
• Good computer skills.
• Good Communication skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled