Cattle Procurement Sales Associate - 2024

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Your Role:

Connect to meaningful work. Feed the world. Achieve your higher purpose. 

What if your ideas could nourish the world? As an associate, we transfer your knowledge and skills into profound experiences that positively impact our global community. From food to transportation, your innovative solutions, collaboration and dedication will evolve industries to tackle tomorrow's greatest challenges. And that's just the beginning. Because when your skills meet our unrivaled network and breadth of opportunity, your career is without bounds. Join our team to realize the impact of your work, help people around the world and connect with something greater!  

 

Cattle Procurement Associate Position:  

Cattle Procurement Associates will be trained in a number of areas to learn skills and gain knowledge vital to succeed in a procurement leadership role. After training, the associate will be placed in a territory that will be theirs to lead. In this territory they will purchase grain fed cattle to be sent to one of Cargill’s harvest facilities.  The Cattle Procurement Associate role enables the individual to become familiar with the workflow of the operations, and to develop knowledge of meat processing production, including food safety and overall production management.

 

As an Associate, you will understand meat processing production, including process flow, yields, variances, USDA regulations and requirements, accounting, and information technologies. This position will also receive additional training in people leadership skills, OSHA requirements, ergonomics and safety training, HACCP, good manufacturing practices, coaching, and Human Resources practices. You will be exposed to all facets of the plant operations through an in-depth general orientation. The training is crafted to teach the various aspects of the business prior to placement in a role that aligns the candidate with business needs.  You will be exposed to a number of fields that will give you the necessary tools to effectively schedule daily production, maintain a live inventory, and purchase grain fed cattle from various producers.  

Your Work:

• Timely communication to producers and fellow employees involved with trading, transporting, harvesting and payment of cattle  
• Maintain relationships with producers in the associate’s territory  
• Accurately evaluate quality of cattle and enter estimates into procurement system  
• Collect key industry certifications and documentation from producers and verify producer information is accurately represented in the procurement system 

Our Benefits:

No matter who you are or where you are, we’ve designed our plans and programs to meet multiple needs. We want to help you take care of what’s needed for today and offer protection to help with tomorrow’s what-ifs. You will have access to a wide variety of flexible and inclusive programs to meet your health, financial, and work/life needs to support you and help you thrive! Eligible programs and incentives include:  

• Paid holidays and floating holidays  
• Paid time off  
• Comprehensive health care plans  
• Short term and long-term incentives  
• Mental Health and Wellbeing program  
• Digital Learning Library  
• Retirement plans  
• Paid time to participate in volunteer and community outreach opportunities  
• Tuition reimbursement programs  
• Relocation benefits for those that qualify  

Our Vibrant Community:

At Cargill, we have a vibrant community with a culture that celebrates diversity. This is a reflection of the clients we serve and generates an intellectually diverse set of employees. Business Resource Groups (BRGs) help us embrace our diversity, make our culture more inclusive and enhance our employees’ outstanding talents and perspectives to benefit our organization and employees.  

 

Our U.S. Business Resource Groups include:  

Asian Alliance Network, Cargill Young Professionals Network, Cargill Ability Network (iCAN), Cargill Ebony Council, Group Responsible for Orienting and Welcoming (GROW), Hispanic-Latino Council, Cargill Pride Network, Veterans & Military Support Network, and Cargill Women’s Network. 

Job Locations & Environment:

• Wichita, KS for the initial location; will be assigned a territory anywhere in the U.S. as hires progress in the role 
• Plant and office setting  
• Travel approximately 25% of the time  
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