Land O'Lakes Venture37 · 1 day ago
Sourcing & Merchandising Manager
Land O'Lakes Venture37 is part of a Fortune 250 cooperative focused on innovative nutrition products for animals. The Sourcing & Merchandising Manager oversees significant purchasing and positioning responsibilities, working cross-functionally to enhance profitability and manage ingredient quality.
AgricultureAgTechMarketingTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Purchasing, position management, and strong understanding of nutrition
Analyze domestic and world S&D’s and make recommendations on short and long term positioning for different business strategies
Execution and management of macro ingredients to plants
Problem solving for ingredient issues, quality, price, working with sales, planning and operations to maximize profitability. Working with R&D and sales to find new lower cost ingredients
Leadership and training
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
10+ years of sourcing experience, agricultural based ingredient experience preferred
Understanding of nutrition and how this effect usage and values of commodities; strong knowledge of the markets, S&Ds and understand the impact on market dynamics and risk that each pose to the business
Benefits
Broad portfolio of benefits
Company
Land O'Lakes Venture37
Land O'Lakes Venture37 provides agricultural system development initiatives with market insights and technological knowledge.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
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