Director, Feed Ingredients

The Andersons • Full-time • Maumee, Ohio • 2w ago

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Job Description:

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 Overview

The Director of Feed Ingredients leads aspects of risk management, product sourcing, and pricing/marketing functions, associated with the Feed Ingredients product line. This position supports the achievements of the group’s annual business plan and long-term strategies by meeting or exceeding sales and gross margin objectives and controlling risk.

Key Responsibilities:

Leads development and implementation of the group’s strategies for supply, marketing, and commodity risk management functions for the Feed Ingredients product line.

Establish and achieve income goals consistent with division and company goals and objectives; develop and manage supply and gross profit plans to maximize gross profit and customer satisfaction.

Ensures systems, controls, and metrics are in place and functioning to profitably manage price and production risk to measure performance of sales and merchandising functions.

Execute a working knowledge of risk mitigation techniques and their implementation as they apply to the assigned areas while takingappropriate action to offset growing or pending inventory risk or price risk.

Inform key staff of current and pending commercial plans, strategies, and risks and gather input from other team members to maintain transparency in positions and overall risk.

Directs the activities of evaluating business partners, negotiating andpurchasing/selling products related to supporting sales plans and customer needs.

Manage growth projectsand business development opportunities consistent with the business unit’s strategic plan

Collaborates with group leadership teams and strategic partners to understand, monitor, and forecast impact of industry changes in feed ingredient production and market dynamics

Develops, leads, and manages the performance of the Feed Ingredients merchandising teams

What is expected of you and others at this level:

Provides leadership and direction through Senior Managers and Managers

Is typically accountable for the performance and results of:

A large strategically important discipline in an extremely large market; or

Related disciplines or a medium-sized function in a large market or medium-sized market; or

A medium-sized discipline or department in a major region

Adapts and executes functional or departmental business plans and contributes to the development of functional or departmental strategies

Decisions are guided by functional strategies and priorities

Minimum Qualifications & Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree , Master’s Degree preferred

7-10 years’ relevant experience

Prior experience trading canola and soybean meal and international trading/export experience preferred

Frequent travel may be

Relocation to the Toledo, OH metropolitan area

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 talentacquisition@andersonsinc.com.

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