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CAREERS AT LANSING TRADE GROUP Primary Duties & Responsibilities: This position is accountable for daily trading activity within a trading location. This requires development of customer contacts, providing service to all customers for the Location as needed, creating business opportunities, writing contracts, executing on those contracts and executing any other transactional activity for the Location. This position assists in the acquisition and execution of freight needs within the Location under the direction of the Location Manager. Negotiations and trading with both buy and sell side customers are constant activities in this position, and require broad understanding of the markets being traded as well as an ability to resolve problems as they arise. This employee is active in the management of cash usage within the business and looks to minimize cash usage where possible while maintaining margins. Cash usage impacts the incentive compensation program for this position. Company credit guidelines for customers must be followed, with weekly review expected from the Credit Manager. The employee, along with Location Manager, must perform collection of funds due in a timely fashion. All accounts receivable and accounts payable balances are to be reviewed and addressed in a timely fashion to maximize collection and timely customer service. Management and execution of futures trading activity and accounts for use within the Location are required in this position. Additional requirements of this position are assistance in the resolution of month-end variances and freight variances, timely reporting of activity, and managing over-fills/under-fills on contracts in timely fashion. The incumbent is expected to actively participate in the annual forecast process, and be involved in the 6 month reviews completed during the year. The employee is also expected to respond the needs that may arise as defined by the Location Manager that are necessary for the ongoing success and development of the location's business. Background Required: 4 year college degree, 1-2 years of grain merchandising experience. You may also complete our job application and forward it to cmcconnell@lansingtradegroup.com. Benefits If you are financially savvy, you'll appreciate our retirement plan that not only allows you to defer a portion of your salary, as other 401(k) plans do, but also requires LTG to match 5% of your salary and bonus which is immediately vested. That feature alone would make it one of the best in the industry, but LTG also contributes another discretionary percentage of your salary as part of our profit-sharing plan to ensure this program is second to none! In addition to our medical and dental insurance that is provided for on a shared 80/20 percentage basis, LTG also offers medical savings and dependent care savings accounts which allow you to set aside pre-tax money for those necessary and planned expenditures not covered under our other plans. You will also appreciate the Life Insurance; Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance; and Long-term Disability Insurance we offer to all full-time employees. Again, LTG provides benefits that allow you to meet your personal and financial needs. Finally, our educational reimbursement plan illustrates our commitment to our employees and their professional growth. LTG provides for tuition reimbursement for both undergraduate and graduate courses that are in the best interests of both LTG and the employee. Since LTG is an employee owned company, we share your focus on flexibility, family and financial security. |
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