Director – Feed Ingredients

The Andersons, Inc., named for 2024 to Forbes list of America's Most Successful Small Companies, Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies, and one of The Americas' Fastest Growing Companies by the Financial Times, is a diversified company rooted in agriculture that conducts business in the commodity merchandising, renewables, and nutrient & industrial sectors. Guided by its Statement of Principles, The Andersons is committed to providing extraordinary service to its customers, helping its employees improve, supporting its communities, and increasing the value of the company. For more information, please visit www.andersonsinc.com.

Position Overview

The Director of Feed Ingredients leads aspects of risk management, product sourcing, and pricing/marketing functions, associated with the Feed Ingredients product line. This position supports the achievements of the group’s annual business plan and long-term strategies by meeting or exceeding sales and gross margin objectives and controlling risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads development and implementation of the group’s strategies for supply, marketing, and commodity risk management functions for the Feed Ingredients product line.

• Establish and achieve income goals consistent with division and company goals and objectives; develop and manage supply and gross profit plans to maximize gross profit and customer satisfaction.

• Ensures systems, controls, and metrics are in place and functioning to profitably manage price and production risk to measure performance of sales and merchandising functions.

• Execute a working knowledge of risk mitigation techniques and their implementation as they apply to the assigned areas while takingappropriate action to offset growing or pending inventory risk or price risk.

• Inform key staff of current and pending commercial plans, strategies, and risks and gather input from other team members to maintain transparency in positions and overall risk.

• Directs the activities of evaluating business partners, negotiating andpurchasing/selling products related to supporting sales plans and customer needs.

• Manage growth projectsand business development opportunities consistent with the business unit’s strategic plan

• Collaborates with group leadership teams and strategic partners to understand, monitor, and forecast impact of industry changes in feed ingredient production and market dynamics 

• Develops, leads, and manages the performance of the Feed Ingredients merchandising teams 

What is expected of you and others at this level:

• Provides leadership and direction through Senior Managers and Managers

• Is typically accountable for the performance and results of:

• A large strategically important discipline in an extremely large market; or

• Related disciplines or a medium-sized function in a large market or medium-sized market; or

• A medium-sized discipline or department in a major region

• Adapts and executes functional or departmental business plans and contributes to the development of functional or departmental strategies

• Decisions are guided by functional strategies and priorities

Minimum Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred

• 7-10 years’ relevant experience required

• Prior experience trading canola and soybean meal and international trading/export experience preferred

• Frequent travel may be required

• Relocation to the Toledo, OH metropolitan area required