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About The Andersons, Inc.
The Andersons, Inc., named for 2024 to Forbes list of America's Most Successful Small Companies, Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies, and one of The Americas' Fastest Growing Companies by the Financial Times, is a diversified company rooted in agriculture that conducts business in the commodity merchandising, renewables, and nutrient & industrial sectors. Guided by its Statement of Principles, The Andersons is committed to providing extraordinary service to its customers, helping its employees improve, supporting its communities, and increasing the value of the company. For more information, please visit www.andersonsinc.com.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and executing strategic merchandising and market management for specific commodities and product categories.

Key Responsibilities

• Commodity Positioning – Determine supply and demand, survey market conditions, evaluate arbitrage and hedge opportunities and analyze other economic forces in domestic and foreign markets to develop a market point of view (POV).  Establish a position in the marketplace based upon POV.

• Commodity Purchasing - Initiate, negotiate, and agree on terms of commodity/product purchase/sales contracts, such as price, quality, quantity, transportation, timing, and payment. Ensure supply and procurement of assigned commodities within approved grades/commodity types.

• Sales Management - Review and analyze progress towards the achievement of sales forecasts, initiating action as needed, to ensure accurate sales forecasts and expected results are achieved.

• Marketing Management - Develop, implement, and manage the implementation of the Retail Farm Center marketing strategies, in conjunction with the Merchandising Managers and Location Managers to ensure proper forecasting, risk management, and maintenance of stock levels.

• Customer Management – Ensure the organization of the customer base and the effective implementation of customer programs.

• Supplier Management -Develop and maintain relationships with key/strategic suppliers. Assist Location Managers with any issues related to transportation, pricing, or quality.  

• Risk/Regulatory Management – Establishes and ensures buy/sell processes and techniques meet internal company policy and procedures and comply with applicable laws and regulations. Manages commodity positions within approved risk parameters.

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Demonstrates expertise in own area within the organization

• Required specialized depth and/or breadth of experience

• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions/best practices

• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify solutions

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred

• 7-10 years’ relevant experience required

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software 

Physical Requirements and Working Environment

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working at a computer 

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed. It does not include all responsibilities and skills required of the job and may be changed at any time. All responsibilities must be completed in compliance with all safety protocols, policies, procedures and consistent with the spirit and philosophy of The Andersons’ Statement of Principles. 

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed, but are not to be seen as a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Also, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer. The Andersons, Inc. is a Drug-Free Workplace. The Andersons, Inc. is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

Note: The Andersons, Inc. conducts drug, alcohol and/or medical testing of applicants and employees based on type of position. A copy of our testing policy is available by contacting the HR Department at [email protected].

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