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Grain Procurement and Compliance and Risk Manager

Reports to General Manager/CEO

Location: Howard Lake, MN

November 13, 2024Job Description

Munson Lakes Nutrition LLC is a growing Animal Food manufacturing company, and we need a Grain Procurement and Compliance & Risk Manager (CRM) to work closely with the CEO/GM. With your experience and talents, you’ll be able to lead our team of high-performing professionals to be efficient, productive, and effective. Our ideal candidate has extensive experience within the industry, perhaps having worked your way up through the ranks to your role as an Agriculture Leader. We believe this trajectory helps develop a unique mix of business and management expertise, plus proficiency with the practices, policies, and procedures of the agriculture industry. We have our eye out for a CRM with strong leadership skills and the ability to approach business from a creative point of view. This person must be able to think quickly and react to an ever-changing environment and understand futures and flat markets. Also, maintaining all government Licenses and Certifications to be updated before expiring.

Objectives of this Role in no particular order:

• Collaborate with the General Manger on all operations pertaining to Government Compliance, Safety, Grain Procurement, Inventory, and establishing minimal Risk.
• Position could involve the responsibility of pricing, maintaining and monitoring feed and grain inventories to meet production and customer demand. Sales and Marketing, grain handling and storage, pricing, hedging, merchandising and direct supervision of all grain related functions of the company that may have direct P & L implications.
• Overseeing company operations of direct report employee’s productivity, building a highly inclusive culture ensuring team members thrive.
• Sets grain prices in accordance with the guidelines established by the GM.
• Establishes least cost/competitive daily/12 month rolling corn bids to meet feed milling needs.
• Coordinates with feed staff on grain for feed manufacturing and retail.
• Builds relationships with farmers and other sellers. Solicits and receives calls from numerous corn grain customers. Negotiates contracts.  Coordinates grain deliveries. Completes or provides directions for incoming and outgoing grain and ingredient scale tickets.
• Waits on grain customers in a courteous manner and assists with Counter sales.
• Provide directions for receiving, inspection, and grading of incoming corn. Provide directions for bin filling, emptying, movement and aeration of corn.
• Oversight of sampling and testing grain appropriately for all incoming and outgoing grain shipments.
• Provides direction for settlement/payment for all corn purchases.
• Closely monitors the CME daily price trends.
• Buys, sells, rolls CME futures contracts to manage risk and establish prices for current and future corn contracts.
• Adhere to company, federal, state, and local business requirements, enforcing compliance and acting when necessary.
• Knowledge of grain trading policies and current market trends.  Closely monitor private & grain industry news & events to stay current with price movements. Reviews all incoming reports, market information, and market news.
• Maintains & updates corn bids on company web site. Monitors bids from local competitions.
• Computes future end user feed and corn customers cost and place hedges accordingly.
• Communicate frequently with Company Hedge Broker.
• Maintain Daily Hedging Report on hedging and contracts.
• Bin grain to maintain condition and efficiently use storage facilities.
• Assists in maintaining clean conditions at facilities.
• Ensure and help with effective recruiting, onboarding, professional development, performance management, and retention.
• Purchase Bulk and bag feed ingredients from multiple sources at best cost price in accordance with our FLM agreement with Land O’ Lakes Purina.
• Maintains & monitors physical inventories to meet production requirements.
• Determine margins required for profitability within goals.
• Continue to look for new ways to improve margins.
• Review and complies ingredient prices to complete spreadsheets for downloading to Company accounting program.
• Process and completes weekly wholesale/retail pricing sheets. 

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Analyze internal operations and identify areas of process enhancement.
• Develop actionable business strategies and plans that ensure alignment with short-term and long-term objectives developed in tandem with the GM/CEO.
• Work with operations, HR, and accounting, and the GM/CEO on sales management to budget for sufficient investment capital to achieve growth targets over the near term.
• Maintain and build trusted relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or trade school in Ag business administration preferred but not required.
• 5+ years’ experience in Agriculture preferred.
• CDL License preferred but not required.
• Certificates and Series Licenses preferred but not required at this time.
• Leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity.
• Understanding of advanced business planning and regulatory issues.
• A solid grasp of data analysis and performance metrics.
• Be able to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues.

Regulatory and Rules Supervision.

• Maintain and oversight of all required Licensing and Certificates before deadline due dates.
• HACCP – supports Policy and procedures to be in compliance.
• Attends HACCP training and PCQI training.
• MN State Grain Regulatory rules in compliance.
• MN DOT – supportive role.
• MN Weights and Measures.
• OSHA supportive role.
• MN Feed Regulatory supportive role.
• Comply with what is expected from FLM Purina role.

Safety and Maintenance.

• Responsible for Regulatory & Compliance requirements of grain division and supportive role in the company.
• Attend Safety and Regulatory meetings to keep current.
• Coordinates with GM/CEO to be certain that company safety procedures and recommendations are followed.
• Uphold all company policies.
• Perform duties as requested by GM/CEO.
• Keep all personal accounts current.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership skills to establish good team collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Fundraising experience.
• Community involvement in local events of trade territory.

This Job Description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.  The Company reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.  Other duties may be assigned at any time, as needed, by the General Manager.  Requirements are representative of the minimum levels of knowledge, skills and experience required.

Brian J. Yager, General Manager