Grain Originator

Develop, maintain, and grow relationships with local grain producers to facilitate farm grain purchases for the facility. Create contracts and develop grain market knowledge. Assist producers with carbon scoring, regenerative agriculture, and other value-added programs, including required documentation and recordkeeping. Coordinate delivery schedules with the logistics team and assist with payment processing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective grain producers.
• Enter and maintain grain contracts in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
• Manage the CIH grain portal to ensure that contracts and tickets are available to the suppliers.
• Facilitate the origination, execution, and management of grain contracts while ensuring producer satisfaction and contract compliance.
• Assist farmers in carbon scoring, regenerative agriculture and other value-added grain programs, including required data collection, documentation and recordkeeping.
• Monitor eligibility criteria for the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit for ethanol and other clean fuel products.
• Maintain accurate producer and grain program information in applicable company systems.
• Monitor the status of contracts, perform lien searches, and assist the accounts payable team to ensure payments are made in a timely manner.
• Continually look for ways to improve procedures and processes.

Education:

• High School Diploma, or GED, required.
• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, business, finance, or a related field preferred.

The Company:

Putting the needs of customers first has taken Chief Industries, Inc. from a small construction company in 1954, to a highly diverse company with a reputation for manufacturing quality products and offering unparalleled customer service. Through its many Brands and subsidiaries, Chief Industries employs over 1,400 skilled and dedicated employees who produce a wide variety of products, many of which are used around the world.

A Brand of Chief Industries, Chief Ethanol is committed to producing quality renewable fuel and produces approximately 140 million gallons of ethanol annually. Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc. was Nebraska’s first dry-mill ethanol plant and remains committed to producing renewable fuel and high-quality feed today. The plant is a continuous flow Vogelbusch process.

Our Benefits:

This full-time position is eligible for full company benefits, including

• Paid vacation/time off
• 401(k) retirement plan plus company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short-term disability benefits
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Financial wellness coaching
• Employee assistance program
• Paid holidays (8)
• Employee discounts
• Education assistance
• And much more.

Experience

Preferred

• Ability and willingness to learn grain origination, contracting, commodity markets, and value-added agricultural programs is required.
• Familiarity with production agriculture or grain markets is beneficial.
• Agricultural, grain origination, or producer-relations experience preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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