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Location: Lubbock, Texas
Company: Plainsman Company, LLC
Employment Type: Full-Time

The Commodity Merchandiser is responsible for managing the procurement, merchandising, marketing, and logistical coordination of canola and cottonseed-derived products fo. This position plays a critical role in maximizing margins, maintaining adequate raw material supplies, managing commodity price exposure, and developing strong relationships with cotton gins, producers, customers, brokers, and transportation providers.

Plainsman Company, LLC is a leading cottonseed processor and agricultural commodity merchandising company headquartered in Lubbock, Texas. We source, process, and market cottonseed, cottonseed oil, meal, hulls, and other agricultural commodities throughout the United States and internationally.
We are seeking a motivated, relationship-driven Commodity Merchandiser to help expand our merchandising business located in Lubbock, TX. This role offers the opportunity to develop supplier and customer relationships, identify market opportunities, negotiate profitable transactions, and play a key role in the continued growth of Plainsman.
The ideal candidate enjoys building relationships, analyzing markets, solving problems, and creating value for both suppliers and customers.

• Ability to work in an agricultural processing and industrial mill environment when necessary.
• Ability to visit cotton gins, suppliers, customers, and other agricultural facilities.
• May require occasional travel throughout the region.
• Ability to work extended hours during periods of high cottonseed availability, seasonal ginning activity, or significant market volatility.
• Must be willing to work around industrial equipment, agricultural products, dust, noise, and varying environmental conditions when visiting mill or supplier facilities.
• Must comply with all company safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to sit for extended periods while performing office and computer-based work.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods when visiting operational facilities.
• Ability to regularly use hands and fingers for computer, telephone, and office equipment operation.
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull materials weighing up to approximately 25–50 pounds when operationally necessary.
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb stairs, and navigate industrial and agricultural facilities safely.
• Ability to hear and communicate effectively in both office and industrial environments.
• Ability to visually inspect documents, computer screens, product, equipment, storage areas, and facility conditions.
• Ability to work safely in environments where noise, dust, heat, cold, and other agricultural or industrial conditions may be present.

The Commodity Merchandiser must understand that agricultural commodity markets and cottonseed processing operations may require flexibility beyond a traditional Monday–Friday office schedule. During peak cottonseed procurement periods, significant market movements, supply disruptions, customer emergencies, or mill operational issues, the employee may be required to respond outside of normal business hours.

The employee is expected to maintain reliable communication with management, suppliers, customers, and other key business contacts during periods when timely decisions are necessary.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Plainsman Company, LLC. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

We value diversity and inclusion in our workplace and believe that a variety of perspectives foster innovation and success. Our hiring, promotion, compensation, and training practices are designed to ensure fairness and equity for all employees.

PLAINSMAN COMPANY, LLC. complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment, including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and other relevant statutes