Grain Elevator Manager

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Your Opportunity

The Grain Elevator Manager directs and coordinates activities at elevator including profitability, customer service, grain origination and merchandising and plant and administrative and position reporting operations by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

Core Responsibilities

• Aggressively originates grain from local farmers by building relationships and offering exceptional customer service which includes minimizing arriving truck waiting time to the greatest extent possible.
• Inspects, grades and weighs products to verify conformance to specifications and directs setup and adjustments of storage use, drier operation, blending capacity, and oversees quality control and assurance.
• Records and communicates cash and contract grain purchases and risk position to MB Ingredient Procurement.
• Measures, monitors, and manages inventory in order to objectively report and to minimize inventory shrink.
• Studies production schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations including implementing an effective injury prevention system (IPS).
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of elevator, and / or work crew.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Estimates, requisitions, and inspects materials and facility for preventative maintenance.
• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Performs activities of workers supervised.
• Responsible for following all environmental laws and procedures to which Murphy-Brown LLC subscribes.
• Reads and understands the company's emergency notification process and will be responsible for reviewing that policy at their work site.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Relocation Package Available

Yes

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.