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.
Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, accounting, finance, management, entrepreneurship, supply chain, marketing, or equivalent education and relevant experience
- 10+ years of executive leadership experience at an agricultural cooperative
- 15+ years of grain, feed, and agronomy experience
- Experience managing multi-location operations
- Experience with commodity risk management, procurement, sales and marketing, asset management and construction, logistics, and P&L responsibility
- Excellent client management skills
- Strategic thinking and ability to translate insights into client implications and programs
- Exceptional listening, presentation, speaking, and written communication skills
- Project ownership, leadership, problem-solving, collaboration, and multitasking skills
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include automatic company contributions to retirement savings and additional support via 401(k) and HSA contributions. Legacy eligibility for a pension plan adds further long‑term security for some employees.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and mental health support with confidential counseling and free therapy or coaching sessions for employees and dependents. Benefits begin on the start date, removing prior waiting periods.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid leaves cover disability, parental, maternity, and caregiving needs. Caregiver and parental leave policies have been expanded to cover broader family situations, including foster placements prior to adoption.
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What We Do
Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a 100-year-old farmer- and retailer-owned cooperative originally formed with the purpose of working together to create new market opportunities. Fast forward to today and we’ve built on that uniting spirit, developing a comprehensive and leading view of agriculture while maintaining an unwavering commitment to delivering strong annual performance and long-term, shared success with our member-owners. Land O’Lakes believes farmers are the entrepreneurs who truly change the world for the better. By working together with our member-owners, we can continue to strengthen our system, champion farming’s true potential and place our farmer- and retail-owners at the heart of creating a better world for all.
