On-call Expert Strategy Solutions Consultant

On-Call Expert Strategy Solutions Consultant (Average hours per week 10 with some variability)

In this role you will lead delivery of consulting products to ag retailer member owners, provide subject matter expert recommendations, lead materials creation for ag retailer / member customer projects, and provide project guidance to team as needed on ag retail business consulting materials.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead client engagements focused on asset investments, mergers and acquisitions, business optimization and insights projects

• Deliver presentations to management teams, board of directors, and other stakeholders

• Work with consulting team to provide expert knowledge context for consulting recommendations with ag retailer / member owners through industry and functional knowledge including Ag Industry, Financial Acumen, Operational Efficiency, M&A & Market Availability / Growth. 

• Provide strategic coaching on Ag Industry, Operational Efficiency, M&A & Market Availability / Growth to WU and Animal Nutrition segmented customers’ senior leadership teams

• Provide expert-level guidance on materials creation and updates as needed on standard materials as needed

Experience-Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business with major in accounting, finance, management, entrepreneurship, supply chain, marketing, or equivalent of education and relevant experience
• 10+ Years Executive Leadership at an ag-cooperative  

• 15+ years of grain, feed, and agronomy experience including managing multi-location operations, commodity risk management, procurement, sales and marketing, asset management & construction, logistics and P&L responsibility   

Competencies:

• Excellent client management skills

• Must be able to synthesize strategic thinking into client implications and programs

• Possesses ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and execute and deliver results in a timely manner

• Exhibits a strong work ethic, possess a high level of integrity and ensures a strong quality of work

• Exceptional listening, speaking/presenting, and written communication skills

• Collaboration skills to work with all levels within client organizations (general managers/CEOs, business/functional leadership, and other internal resources) and the broader SAM team

• Problem solving aptitude to use insight analysis to create hypotheses and eventual recommendations

• Demonstrated project ownership/leadership and multi-tasking skills

Pay: $100 to $150 per hour; Average hours per week 10 with some variability

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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Land O'Lakes does not use Automated Decision-Making Technology, as defined by California law, to substantially replace human decision-making or make significant decisions about applications for employment or contracting opportunities.