Responsibilities

• The Group Leader provides leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to Farm Marketing Consultants and office staff while promoting Hurley & Associates’ farm marketing services.
• Drive office growth, strengthen client relationships, expand market presence, and ensure the delivery of disciplined risk management services to agricultural producers.
• Uphold and exemplify Hurley & Associates mission statement to our clients, industry advocates and consultants.
• Develop and maintain Advocate network in your office’s geographic area.
• Communicate with industry, business, and community executives and leaders in the geographic areas that your office(s) cover.
• Network in a variety of public relations activities in Agricultural community.
• Maintain current knowledge of grain and livestock market trading and impact on client operations.
• Set direction of cash grain marketing decisions with office consultants.
• Assist consultants in development of marketing plans.
• Be available to discuss client positions at any time.

Requirements

• Associates degree with 5 years experience with direct farmer marketing or . . .
• Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years experience in grain marketing, cash, or Futures or . . .
• 4 years of equivalent experience in agri-business and successful track record in sales and management
• Series 3 license for grain brokers required after hire
• Series 30 license for Branch Managers required after hire
• Futures market operations and rationale
• Local cash grain market trading, specifics, and impact on client operations
• Farmer’s environment, operations, and financial risk tolerance
• Farm finances, accounting, cash flow and break even analysis
• Marketing knowledge of tools to assist in managing producer risk
• Customer service, satisfaction, and retention skills
• Excellent salesmanship, communication, and time management skills
• Managing, supervising, mentoring, coaching, delegating skills
• Proprietary Hurley & Associates software
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Has access to confidential information and, therefore, required to sign a confidentiality agreement