Grain Marketing Advisor - Edmonton/Leduc, AB - Employment, career opportunity in Canada

Job Title:  Grain Marketing Advisor - Edmonton/Leduc, AB
Location: - (Edmonton, Alberta, Western Canada, Canada)
Company: Cargill, Inc
Job Type: Full Time
Minimum Years Experience Required: N/A
Salary: N/A


Cargill AgHorizons is the division of the company dedicated to creating value for agricultural producers, specifically grain and oilseed growers in the Prairies and Ontario.
This division leads the industry in providing innovations in the areas of grain origination, agronomic and grain marketing consulting, and crop input supplies. Professionally trained customer focus teams work one-on-one with their producer customers, building long-term relationships, striving to understand their farming business and providing distinctive solutions matched to their unique needs.
As the Grain Marketing Advisor, you will be accountable for generating consulting revenues, and managing and delivering grain marketing services as part of our lead with Distinctive Value Solutions strategy.
You will work directly with the sales and consulting team and our customers to provide grain marketing solutions for our farm customers.
By providing superior technical information and consulting service, you will help our farm customers make better decisions for their business. These services will differentiate Cargill AgHorizons from our competitors, leading to stronger business relationships with our customers, and in turn, resulting in incremental sales and margin opportunities for Cargill.

Principal Accountabilities:

60% - Manage and deliver Cargill's comprehensive Grain Marketing Services (e.g. MarketSense and FarmSense) to farm customers. Assist customers with their grain marketing through the delivery of market reports, customized grain marketing strategy, education, and risk management tools as well as individual farm cash flow and contribution margin analysis

25% - In coordination with the Sales Representatives and location teams, identify, prospect and sell Grain Marketing Services to farm customers in order to achieve financial targets

15% - Provide technical support as a grain marketing resource for the location team; attend location team meetings, facilitate workshops, and provide input for crop reports and grain marketing strategies


Skills:
Required:

•     2 - 3 years sales experience
•     Specialized knowledge of grain marketing and risk management
•     Working knowledge of grain futures, options and markets
•     Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
•     Knowledge of the Canadian grain industry, agricultural production and farm management
•     Strong computer skills and attention to detail to create and maintain spreadsheets, databases and presentations
•     Strong sales aptitude
•     Excellent organizational skills
•     Persistence and resilience
•     Strong problem solving and decision making skills
•     Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada on a non-temporary basis

Preferred:

•     Post-secondary education or training in Business, Risk Management, Sales or Agriculture
•     Excellent comprehension of Risk Management Tools
•     Consulting experience
•     Ability to coach others

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