Grain Merchandiser POET Bioprocessing Ethanol Plant

Grain Merchandiser | Ashton, IA

POET Grain is a leader in the grain markets, buying nearly a billion bushels of grain annually from over 40,000 local farmers. When we show up to work at POET Grain, it’s our job to meet our customers’ needs as efficiently as possible while buying grain at the best possible value for POET.

As a Grain Merchandiser, you will have the chance to work directly with some of America’s best farmers and commercial grain companies and look for other grain merchandising opportunities in our draw areas.

Grain Merchandisers are responsible for the development and retention of customer relationships and formulating solutions to meet our customers’ needs, which may involve customized marketing plans and on-farm visits. Team members in this position will understand grain weighing and grading procedures and policies in addition to CBOT futures markets, fundamental and technical market factors, basis levels, market structure, carrying costs, and freight spreads.

Grain merchandisers also monitor the competitiveness of cash grain bids and related factors that affect the net selling price for the customer and are accountable for keeping leadership aware of grain movements and other local news that may impact local buying efforts. Additionally, the ability to explain, educate, and intelligently communicate this information to the customer is essential to this position.

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