Merchandiser

Job Description Overall Purpose and Objective of Position This position originates corn and negotiates forward contracts to buyers of distillers’ grains, assists and implements in devising corn origination strategies and distiller’s grains sales programs and manages logistics and receivables in support of the ethanol processing operation at a dry mill ethanol plant.   Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions Maintains daily communication, organizes logistical services, assists with accounting issues and originates corn Oversees inbound truck logistics for corn origination and outbound truck logistics for distillers’ grains Negotiates forward sales contracts to buyers of wet and dry distillers’ grains and devises and executes origination and hedging strategies in corn and distillers’ grains   Additional Responsibilities Gathers news, statistics and information related to individual commodity supply and demand from customers and trade sources, and distributes that information to the remainder of the group to support overall strategic trading/positioning (i.e., contributes to research function) Manages receivables and facilitates innovative methods to keep accounts receivable and average number of days to pay at a minimum Identifies, qualifies and captures new business and consults clients on business management including physical commodity position management Other duties as assigned