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Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Develop, strengthen and expand long term relationships with Cargill’s most strategic and highest opportunity accounts and gain in depth working knowledge of assets, profit expectations, risk management strategies and local market drivers.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Develop, strengthen, and expand long-term relationships with Cargill’s key farmer customers and select commercial customer segments and partner with them to gain an in-depth working knowledge of their assets, profit expectations, risk management needs and local market drivers.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Our program, MarketGuide™, is offered by Cargill Commodity Services, Inc., a registered commodity trading advisor and wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill, Incorporated. This affiliation with Cargill provides MarketGuide™ clients with up-to-date access to market information from every major grain producing region of the world; we refer to this affiliation as the Cargill Connection. Our recommendations are driven by the desire to meet our customers’ business objectives and MarketGuide™ clients are never under any obligation to sell their grain to Cargill.

Chicago, Il, Us

ADM Carbohydrate Solutions•Manage and organically grow existing accounts.•Monitor the Chicago Board of Trade, Kansas City Board of Trade, and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange in order to effectively hedge the market to develop customer risk management pricing strategies.•Cross-Sell ADM's Product Portfolio throughout multiple ADM divisions.•Effectively manage inbound traffic while continuously driving outbound traffic.

Chicago, Il, Us

ADM Carbohydrate SolutionsMilling•Worked with the operations team in the Flour Mill, Elevator, Lab, and Load out.•Trained alongside an ADM National Sales Account Manager.•Studied markets, researched risk management strategies, created a master Excel Pricing Spreadsheet, generated a competitor map, prospected/captured new business through cold calls, and completed multiple customer visits.•Attended the 2019 Kansas Wheat Council’s Winter Wheat Tour, ADM’s Internal Wheat School, and the 2019 Sosland Purchasing Seminar in Chicago, Illinois.•Managed over 50 accounts nationwide and established customer relationships.

Chicago, Il, Us

Gained valuable experience learning many aspects of the business. •Obtained knowledge working alongside the Commercial Manager, Supply Chain Coordinator, Regional Sales Manager, Quallty/Food Safety Manager, and more. •Built relationships with customers and prospected new business. •Worked on a project improving the packaging and warehousing process•Helped manage on-site employees.