Must be legally eligible to work in the United States of America without Employer Sponsorship.**
Job Summary
The Grower Relations Specialist reports to the Grower Relations Supervisor and is responsible for the execution and organization of grower related documentation and accounting activities.
Essential Functions
- Collect crop estimates from field reps and update estimates in SAM
- Assist in new crop roll-over
- Set up new grower contracts
- Send annual huller letter
- Dispatch incoming trucks as needed
- Check grower receiving manifests from scale house for variances
- Run daily receiving GDA error reports and make necessary adjustments
- Check inspection reports from QC and identify any variances between paperwork and SAM
- Check QC Sample pictures for variances in SAM data entry
- Send daily load reports to Field reps
- Send load reports to growers/hullers as requested
- Daily export of grower lots received to online reporting
- Assist in grower payment functions
- Organize grower checklists, files and grower email correspondence
- Update grower contact information in SAM and SAGE as needed
- Send welcome packets to new growers
- Stuff and mail grower payments
- Keep grower contract physical files organized
- Keep Grower Relations server file organized
- Maintain filling/purging grower documents
- Create folders/labeling
- Data Entry
- Create detailed excel spreadsheets
- Performs such other duties as the Controller/Grower Relations Supervisor may deem necessary
- Assist other departments as needed
Other Responsibilities
Responsibilities are not limited to the above mentioned and may include assisting other departments within reasonable and related tasks.
Physical Demands
- Physical demands
- Will frequently stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear, taste and smell.
- Will seldom sit and occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel crouch or crawl.
- Must use both hands for rapid mental muscular coordination, simultaneously.
- Must be able to reach high and low levels, frequently.
- Must be able to push/pull/lift with arms below waist/at shoulder/above shoulder level up to 30 pounds frequently.
- Must lift with arms up to floor to waist, waist to shoulder 30 pounds.
- Must be able to constantly stand/stoop/walk/bend, up to 12 hrs.
- Ability to strenuous flex/grip with wrist/hands frequently (15 flexion/minute).
- Use of keyboard and mouse for extended period.
- Work environment
- Will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts.
- Will Work around wet or humid conditions, in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold (non-weather), extreme heat (non-weather), risk of electrical shock, risk of vibration.
Qualifications/Skills
- BS in Accounting, preferred
- Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills
- Prior exposure with Sage, preferred
- Analytical skills to find variances in reports
- Prior AG and Grower Relations experience, preferred
- Strong communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Team player
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- Sage Software: 1 year
- AG & Grower Relations: 2 years
- intermediate to advanced MS Office: 3 years
- Ad Hoc reporting: 1 year
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