Assistant Manager and Grain Merchandiser Resume St Ansgar, Iowa - Hire IT People

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over 26 years of combined experience in grain merchandising, grain originationbuying/procurement, management, marketing, recruiting and business development.
6+ years of Ag merchandising experience (4 years as a Commodities Trader and Buyer at Confidential where I bought multiple commodities for multiple mills, 2 years as a Risk
Have originated and purchased over $80 million of agriculture commodities.
Business development efforts have generated over $30 million.
23 years of experience as an Adjunct Instructor of management and marketing classes since 1994. This was a great platform for me to help others with their personal growth and to hone my own management and marketing skills.
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Detail oriented with strong mathematical abilities and the ability to establish and track metrics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St Ansgar, Iowa

Assistant Manager and Grain Merchandiser

Responsibilities:

Purchased corn and beans for the elevator and mill and hedged positions on both for an elevator with a 1.6 million bushel capacity. This required daily communication with producers and brokers.
Helped manage 14 employees, administer payroll and the 401K plan.
Handled daily bank transfers and maintained the balances as required.

Confidential, Sully, Iowa

Risk Management Specialist

Responsibilities:

Originated grain for the Confidential elevators in the South East region of Iowa.
Instrumental in achieving year over year double digit percentage growth in corn and beans brought to Confidential elevators in Iowa.
Sold $480,000 worth of grain condo storage to Confidential producers.
Helped producers minimize risk when marketing their grain.
Communicated daily with producers with the goal of being their essential business partner.

Confidential, Ankeny, Iowa

Buyer

Responsibilities:

Bought 12 different commodities for 3 feed mills located in upstate New York and Maine.
Instrumental in collecting and helping reduce the bad debt held at the mills by 4o%.
Originated Agriculture Commodities for the export market.
Have originated and purchased over $80 million in agriculture commodities.
Bought and sold DDGS in Iowa and surrounding states.
Coordinated the freight to haul the DDGS.

Confidential, Ankeny, Iowa

Adjunct Instructor

Responsibilities:

Confidential, Des Moines, Iowa

Team Lead/Collections Representative

Responsibilities:

Led team that collected on past due balances for Fortune 500 companies in the financialcommunications, utility and healthcare industries.

Confidential, Des Moines, Iowa

Enterprise Data Specialist

Responsibilities:

Consulted with clients in Iowa on their telecommunication connectivity needs and sold them custom data connectivity solutions to fit those needs.
Confidential was acquired by Windstream.

Confidential, Des Moines, Iowa

Sales Executive

Responsibilities:

Sold online job board subscriptions for Dice, Clearance Jobs and Jobs in the Money to direct companies and recruiting companies in the state of New Jersey.
Maintained a level of 75 calls per day and was consistently a top performer.

Confidential, Ankeny, Iowa

Regional Account Manager

Responsibilities:

Drove the channel sales in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska through managing dealer and direct accounts.
Sold storage, security and e - business software at the enterprise and desktop levels.

Confidential, Ankeny, Iowa

Account Executive

Responsibilities:

Sold laser and inkjet printers to Fortune 1000 and other large companies throughout the Midwest.
Built the channel through promoting products at the company as well as dealer level.