Buying Point Manager - McRae, GA

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Job Title: Buying Point Manager - McRae, GA
Location: Mcrae, GA, South United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Buying Point Manager - McRae, GA

This is a full time, exempt position

The Buying Point Manager is primarily responsible for procuring, handling, and processing farmer stock for an individual location or facility at a profitable level. Note that although this role description includes your primary responsibilities, it is not all-inclusive. Your role is, in fact, to support all other functions within the GPC organization.

Promoting Golden Peanut's services in your local community.
Organizing, scheduling and handling farmer stock peanuts through the facility
Hire, staff, and train qualified employees
Perform pre-season and post-season maintenance
Prepare budget and monitor profit and loss statements for your facility
Market peanut seed
Negotiate contracts and contract proposals between producers and GPC for the local facility
Recommend and present AFEs for improvements
Monitor and control pests and weeds
Minimize net weight and dollar value shrinkage
Maintain liaison with the Area Procurement Manager to stay ahead of managerial responsibilities and changes affecting producer sales and/ or services
Monitor bailouts to ensure that they are handled effectively
Monitor and improve all quality aspects of farmer stock including drying, cleaning, handling, storing and loading out to meet the needs of the final customer
Assist in company crop reporting
Instruct and advise employees on following safety procedures and guidelines
Monitor Federal State Inspection Service to insure accurate grading of farmer stock at time of acquisition

Skills:

Good communication skills (listening, speaking, and writing)
Decision making and problem solving
Ability to delegate, remain calm under pressure, and see the "Big Picture"
Basic mechanical and electrical skills
Lead, direct and motivate employees
Financial analysis, including profit and loss statements
Basic computer skills and office skills
An ability to market Golden Peanut's goods and services to the public

Additional Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent or 6 years proven experience in Ag processing or operations.
Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience.

Additional Information You Need to Know to Succeed:

Grading systems, including regrade and the Federal State grading system
How to procure, handle, dry, clean, and store farmer stock in order to maximize quality for GPC
Rules and regulations governing the procurement and sale of farmer stock peanuts
To know and recognize good peanut farming practices
To know the contract for the crop year and its implications
Regulations of different agencies such as OSHA, PAC, EEOC, the Federal Inspection Service and CCC
How to operate the equipment at your facility
The relevance of farmer stock shrink and the dollar value loss
The basics about seed peanuts, peanut farming and handling equipment and related items
How to implement procurement and marketing strategies

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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Job Post Date: 04/16/25