Account Manager - Milling

Location : St. Louis MO 

City : Chesterfield 

State : Missouri (US-MO) 

Country : United States (US) 

Requisition Number : 33605 

 

 

At Bunge, people don’t just come here to work, they come here to grow – solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse and talented team working to make us the most innovative and dynamic company in our industry.  

We offer competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and opportunity to progress.  Our hybrid work environment provides a balance of in office and remote work.  Most importantly, in all we do we live our values: 

•    Act as One Team by fostering inclusion, collaboration, and respect 

•    Drive for Excellence by being agile, innovative, and efficient 

•    Do What's Right by acting safely, ethically, and sustainably 
 

Position Summary:

This position will direct key sales and marketing activities to maximize volume and margin in order to achieve the highest return on net assets for the milling division. 

 

Core Functions:

• Sell grain products to food, beverage and industrial companies
• Meets personal sales targets as established, incorporating the full range of products/services within identified markets or geography
• Understands commodity markets and is able to transfer that understanding into competitive sales pricing with our customers
• Typical accounts would be challenging, high complexity, diverse customers that require ongoing client relationships
• Develop plan to establish and maintain account relationships and meet personal sales targets
• Develops business plan for each account segment
• Coordinates use of other Company resources (e.g. technical, advertising) to provide value added services to accounts
• Independently prepares sales presentations and proposals to ensure successful outcome of transactions
• Develop strong client relationships, which over time provide significant input to planning company product, price and service strategies
• Support supervisors and other sales professional in developing new market opportunities in the market
• Coordinates transportation needs between customers and plants
• Analyze and coordinate the production and packaging mix to optimize run-time and supply chain efficiency with operations, packing/loading and logistics managers
• Address customer credit and receivable issues as needed

Skills/Experience Requirements:

 

• Bachelor's in Business, Ag Economics and/or Marketing preferred
• Minimum of two to six years’ experience it sales, food ingredient sales experience preferred.
• Knowledge of commodity trading and structure.
• Solid logistics understanding - pricing, equipment types and export dynamics 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to interpret data 
• Proficient in MS Office; basic SAP skills preferred 
• Must be a self-starter with ability to work on own initiative 
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Bunge (NYSE: BG) is a world leader in sourcing, processing and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients. Founded in 1818, Bunge’s expansive network feeds and fuels a growing world, creating sustainable products and opportunities for more than 70,000 farmers and the consumers they serve across the globe. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and has 25,000 employees worldwide who stand behind more than 350 port terminals, oilseed processing plants, grain facilities, and food and ingredient production and packaging facilities around the world.

 

Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or military or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.  Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled