Grain Location Manager

About Company:

Our Mission

At Ag Plus, we are a customer-driven and profitable cooperative dedicated to providing our patrons with premium value through our high-quality products and services.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a successful and innovative full-service agribusiness by excelling in:

- Service Leadership – Setting the standard for exceptional customer service

- Growth & Innovation – Embracing new opportunities to strengthen our cooperative

- Efficiency – Delivering top-tier solutions with precision and expertise

- Community Commitment – Supporting and enriching the communities we serve

- Unity & Strength – Fostering collaboration for lasting success

- Employee Dedication – Investing in the people who drive our mission forward

Who We Are

For over a century, northeast Indiana has been home to a hardworking farming community built on integrity, resilience, and family values. These same principles remain at the heart of Ag Plus today.

What started as a modest group of farmers has grown into a thriving cooperative with over 1,400 members, serving communities across eleven counties. Despite our growth, we remain locally owned and operated—not by a distant boardroom, but by the farmers we proudly serve.

Ag Plus is open to everyone in northeastern Indiana—no memberships, no annual fees. Our success stays within the local markets we serve, benefiting our communities time and time again.

Our Services

To best support our members, Ag Plus operates across five key divisions:

- Agronomy – Precision Ag, crop nutrients, protection, and seed solutions

- Energy – Reliable liquid fuels and LP gas services

- Feed – Quality bagged and bulk feed options

- Grain – Comprehensive grain services, including trucking

- Turf – A full line of turf products with expert advice

At Ag Plus, we remain committed to delivering value, fostering growth, and serving our communities for generations to come.

About the Role:

Job Title: Grain Location Manager

Division: Grain

Reports to: CEO & VP of Grain

Summary: The Grain Location Manager is responsible for the overall management and performance of the assigned grain facility, with a strong focus on rail logistics, grain marketing support, space management, and operational efficiency. This leadership role works closely with the VP of Grain to develop and execute strategies that optimize storage capacity, maintain compliance, and ensure excellent service for area producers and customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

- Uphold and support Ag Plus’s Vision, Mission, and Core Business Values.

- Maintain a positive, professional attitude with both customers and fellow employees.

- Provide exceptional, courteous customer service at all times.

- Read and follow all employee policies as outlined by the company.

- Manage budgeting and cost control for the assigned location.

- Promote and support Ag Plus’s grain and agronomy programs.

- Ensure all facilities and equipment are well-maintained, clean, and in proper working condition.

- Complete required documentation and activity reports accurately and on time.

- Monitor grain inventory condition and complete weekly inventory reports.

- Maintain OSHA and Ag Plus safety records as required.

- Provide customers with cash grain bids and explain basic grain contract options.

- Promote Ag Plus products and services to both existing and prospective customers.

- Communicate company policies and site operations to customers as needed.

- Recommend facility repairs and operational improvements to the CEO & VP of Grain.

- Oversee training for plant personnel to ensure tasks are completed properly and safely.

- Manage inventory levels to ensure seasonal readiness and efficiency.

- Maintain regular contact with customers and actively manage a list of prospects.

- Follow Ag Plus credit policies and guidelines.

- Assist in developing and implementing Ag Plus policies, procedures, and goals.

- Ensure location operations are in compliance with safety standards and all applicable regulations.

- Foster a collaborative, team-oriented environment across management staff.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises assigned employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; create a non-hostile work environment; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university; or 15 years or more related experience and/or education; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have a knowledge of accounting software; Database software; Internet software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Mandatory:

Valid Driver’s License

Optional:

Commercial Driver’s License with Hazardous Material Endorsement

CCA certificate

USDA grain weighing and grading license.

Other Skills and Abilities:

Voluntary training in providing First Aid and CPR

Competencies

Leadership and Managerial

Functional

Foundational

Planning / Organizing

Business Acumen

Motivation

Managing people

Customer service

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.