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Job Purpose and Impact

The Merchant III will handle a moderately complex supplier base and fulfill transactions delivering soybeans that meet production requirements and specifications in terms of timing, volume, quantity, and cost. In this role, you will buy soybeans from country elevators, producers, and feed mills into the Iowa Falls and Cedar Rapids Iowa crush plants.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with transportation and logistics, quality assurance, customer managers and credit managers to ensure efficient execution.
• Plan purchases and transportation to maximize profitable use of stock and storage facilities.
• Enter routine data and run specialty reports from our contract management databases and systems.
• Research and analyze various freight opportunities in the marketplace to maximize margin.
• Work directly with customers, suppliers, and business counterparts to meet their needs in solving routine problems and addressing complaints and concerns.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Four years or more of commodity Merchandising Experience
• Proven ability to understand grain margins, futures, and basis relationships