Grain Marketing Specialist (hybrid)

Job title: Grain Marketing Specialist (hybrid)

Job description: Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill’s global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain business, where we seamlessly connect farming customers with food, feed and industry.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Grain Marketing Specialist will work as part of a team to present different product offerings. This leads to stronger business relationships with farm clients resulting in incremental sales and margin opportunities. In this role, you will develop the capabilities to prospect clients, identify opportunities, uncover needs and proactively identify new ideas and commodity marketing strategies while providing education around possible solutions.

This hybrid position has the flexibility to work from home part time and on the road supporting farm calls and Cargill location teams in Southwest Manitoba (Nesbitt, Oakner, and Elva).

Key Accountabilities

• Participate in a development program to prepare you to become a successful commodity Grain Marketing Advisor where you will be providing a consultative service with commodity customers.
• Partner with commodity and risk management experts to develop technical expertise.
• Participate in a collaborative mentoring program across job functions to gain a wider perspective of the whole business.
• Build knowledge on multiple aspects of the position through formal training, peer shadowing and hands on experience.
• Develop knowledge to help customers prosper and maximize their return by utilizing our full range of products, solve customer problems and create new opportunities.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems quickly and make decisions in a conclusive manner
• Demonstrated sales skills and aptitude.
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Comprehension of risk management tools
• Understanding of Canadian agriculture

Position Information

Relocation assistance might be provided.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.

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