Grain Originator
Posted on: 5 Jan 2022
Davenport, IA
Job Description
Summary
CHS has an exciting opportunity in ourCountry Operationsdivision. We are looking for aGrain Originator.You will work extensively with producers and country elevators in procuring grain and setting up marketing programs. Youmust be able to make decisions, work independently, be detail oriented, and have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Responsibilities
Be introduced to managing a domestic trading profit center.
Build relationships with both internal and external customers.
Communicate daily bid changes and closing bids to customers.
Learn an understand truck, rail and barge freight spreads and their impact on market basis values, with application to the market valuations of commodities.
Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
Manage 1 or more procurement merchants as direct reports.
Purchase Ag products (wheat, corn, soybeans, and/or other products).
Understand and apply company trade policies and applicable trade rules, i.e. NGFA.
Work closely with internal Grain Marketing personnel (i.e., grain merchants, freight desks, hedge desk and accountants) in exchange of information.
Work with producers and country elevators to form marketing plans.
Minimum Qualifications (required)
2+ years in Supply Chain and/or Procurement
Physical Requirements
Additional Qualifications
Bachelor's degree preferred in Business, Economics, Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Systems Engineering, Statistics or in a related field.
CHS Inc.
Inver Grove Heights, MN
CHS Inc., an integrated agricultural company, provides grains, foods, and energy resources to businesses and consumers worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Energy, Ag, and Nitrogen Production. It engages in the operation of petroleum refineries and pipelines; supply, marketing, and distribution of refined fuels, including gasoline, diesel fuel, and other energy products; blending, sale, and distribution of lubricants; and the supply of propane and other natural gas liquids.
The company also processes and sells crude oil into refined petroleum products under the Cenex brand name to member cooperatives and other independent retailers through a network of approximately 1,500 sites; and provides transportation services. In addition, it is involved in the purchase or resale of grains and oilseeds; and provision of seeds, crop nutrients, crop protection products, animal feed, animal health products, refined and renewable fuels, and propane, as well as refined oils, meal, soy flour, and processed sunflower products.
Further, the company produces and sells nitrogen-based products, including methanol, UAN and urea, and related products; and manufactures, packages, and distributes vegetable oil-based products, such as packaged frying oils, margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressings, sauces, and other food products. Additionally, it offers open account financing services; cooperative associations with various loans that meet commercial agriculture needs; loans to individual producers; commodity risk management services to agricultural producers and commercial agribusinesses; and property and casualty insurance products, surety bonds, safety resources, employment services, and group benefits to agribusiness, construction, energy, and processing industries. The company also engages in the wheat milling activities. CHS Inc. is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
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IndustryAgricbusiness/Forestation
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No. of Employees10,495
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Website
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Jobs Posted1113
