Grain Origination Sales Associate

Overview

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love.

And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Connect to meaningful work. Feed the world. Achieve your higher purpose.

What if your ideas could nourish the world? As an associate, we transfer your knowledge and skills into profound experiences that positively impact our global community. From food to transportation, your innovative solutions, collaboration and dedication will evolve industries to address tomorrow's greatest challenges. And that's just the beginning. Because when your skills meet our outstanding network and breadth of opportunity, your career is without bounds.

Join our community to realize the impact of your work, help people around the world and connect with something greater!

Grain Origination Sales Associate Position:

Cargill’s Ag & Trading connects agricultural producers to food, feed and industrial customers through the supply chain. We help our customers contend in the global market and efficiently deliver products from origins to destinations through our marketing, sourcing, originating, storing, trading, consulting and processing of grain, oilseeds and sustainable agriculture products and solutions. Ag & Trading business reaches across Canada, United States & Mexico with an expansive asset footprint including over 200 grain elevators, export/import facilities, oilseed crush plants and biodiesel facilities.

We provide a training program to prepare you to become a specialist in grain origination and learn the sale of various grain marketing solutions, and position regenerative agriculture practices to growers. To accomplish this, you will train with other employees from various job functions to develop long-term relationships with identified customers, working both over the phone and face-to-face with grain producers on the farm.

You will gain hands-on experience by working on various projects in the agricultural sales and marketing area and by shadowing fellow employees from other areas. Associates will help farmers improve their usage of our full range of products, address customer problems and craft new opportunities.

• 40%:
  Role Training and Skills Development

  A mixture of classroom, group, and individual training to intimately learn the grain industry, our North American grain business, and the individual position details to be successful in your own grain origination territory. Also, training and practice to develop the needed sales process and skills to be a successful sales professional who can work with our farmer customers to efficiently position and close on our Risk Management solutions for the mutual benefit of our customers and company.

• 30%:
  Job shadowing to gain on-the-job experience

  Spend time job shadowing other grain originators, both in person and using remote technology, to learn how to perform the role to the expectations of our grain business. Take initiative in your personal development while collaborating with your peers and manager to learn and demonstrate your skills with our customers.

• 30%:
  Responsibility working with your own customer list

  Take over a list of customers and lead the responsibility of handling that professional relationship from start to finish. This includes pre-call planning, running your own in person meetings and phone calls, buying grain into our locations, positioning our Risk Management solutions, and exploring carbon market opportunities with your assigned customers.

Compensation:

The expected salary for this position is $65,000.00. The disclosed salary has not been…