Oilseeds Buyer Trainee (Temporary 12 Months)

We are recruiting for an Oilseeds Buyer Trainee (on a Temporary 12-month Maternity Leave Coverage opportunity, with possibility for extension or conversion to permanent) to support Yorkton’s Commercial team. This position will backup all functions including Settlements (35%), Buyers (35%) and General Office Administration / Reception (30%). They will get exposure to all of these individual functions and areas, as well as learn and create growth in the market place, to develop risk management skills and to how to be profitable. Training and cross-coverage is conducted by way of shadowing and being a mentee, necessitating a high degree of interaction with other Buyers and the Commercial Manager.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide backup and assistance to several teams within the Commercial group, including but not limited to Settlements, Buyers, General Office Administration and Reception, etc.
• Develop and manage customer base and producer relationships via face to face meetings, emails and telephone calls
• Arrange and manage delivery schedules of canola in coordination with procurement manager, using telephone and meetings
• Create local canola sales, driving to meet with farmers, using telephone and updating lead sheets weekly
• Attend producer meetings sometimes after hours
• Manage producer discrepancies on canola related issues verbally
• Manage / update information on web page
• Negotiate trucking rates and manage trucking premiums, manage grain deals in conjunction with operations & general manager, using web based information and conference calls with head office
• Manage contract maintenance using telephones, face to face meetings and computers
• Canola grain using specified standards and communicate information to procurement manager and decide when there are quality issues from producers and manage these issues so that relationship with producer is still maintained.
• All other duties as assigned and required