Grain Originator
1 week ago
**Grain Originator**
**P&H Grain**
**Wilkie, Saskatchewan**
Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as a Customer Service Representative - Grain Focus based in Wilkie Saskatchewan.
**Work and grow with a family-owned company.**
Join our team with Purpose & History P&H’s roots go back over 110 years. We have always been a Canadian, family-owned and managed agri-business that understands the qualities and conditions needed for meaningful growth. Our corporate culture values are family values; honesty and integrity with a focus on listening and continuous learning. Like family, we support our staff to always do better.
With over 70 locations spanning from coast to coast, and trade links around the globe, P&H is growth-oriented, diversified and vertically integrated with operations spanning across grain merchandising, flour milling, crop input distribution and animal feed production.
**Skills and experience for the next step in your career.**
As the Grain Originator, you will complement the high-volume contracts of the Merchandising department by developing and maintaining relationships with key grain producers and dealers. You will gain market information for producers and source grain to satisfy P&H’s originations goals and merchandising strategies.
**Your day to day activities will include**:
- Purchase grain from a defined base of customers within a territory
- Maintain and analyze a database of current and potential customer profiles to build and manage a pipeline of origination opportunities in accordance with merchandising team guidelines
- Work closely with the logistics team to support timely deliveries
- Monitor and communicate shipping information, quality issues, grade differences and rejected shipments
- Monitor and administer purchase contracts, following through the process to accurate payments to the customer upon delivery
- Post-secondary in Ag related program or minimum two years’ experience in Ag retail business;
- P.Ag or CCA certification (or the ability to obtain) is an asset;
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to work effectively under defined time constraints with peak workloads
- Excellent negotiating and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills via phone or in person, with the ability to relay and obtain market data relevant to customers
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft suite
- Ability to identify business opportunities and target markets
We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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