Jobs at United Cooperative

Purchases feed ingredients and agricultural commodities, monitors markets, inventory, costs, freight, margins, and delivery requirements, and supports pricing and risk-management strategies. The role negotiates supplier terms, maintains vendor relationships, coordinates with production, nutrition, sales, transportation, and accounting, and identifies sourcing opportunities that improve supply reliability and profitability.

Supports the Feed Division VP while managing daily feed purchasing, pricing, purchase orders, transportation and delivery tracking, customer contracts, reports, and market communications. Provides customer service, follows up on feed bids and sales opportunities, monitors direct-ship credit, and coordinates information with internal teams, customers, and outside consultants. Requires agricultural feed experience, strong administrative and purchasing skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and excellent communication, organization, negotiation, and customer service abilities.

Sells fertilizer, crop nutrition, crop protection products, seed, and seed treatments to growers. Provides agronomic recommendations, scouts fields for pests and diseases, develops customer relationships, conducts prospecting and cold calls, meets sales goals, reports market and competitive information, supports credit policies, and uses agricultural technology tools. Requires agronomy expertise, outside sales experience, strong communication skills, a valid driver’s license, and willingness to travel.

Sell and promote feed and forage products to dairy and livestock producers across an assigned territory. Make daily sales calls, manage a 100–150+ account target list, prepare bids and contracts, provide nutrition and production support, track profitability improvements, enforce credit policy, and collaborate with internal teams to grow market share and meet sales goals.