Details
03/05/2018
Chief Executive Officer
Premier Cooperative in Champaign, Illinois
Premier Cooperative, a full service grain and energy company with main offices in Champaign, Illinois, is hiring a Chief Executive Officer. The company has a major ownership interest in United Prairie L.L.C., a full service agronomy company located in central Illinois. The cooperative has 26 grain locations and two bulk fuel facilities with total sales of $350 million.
Primary Function:
To manage an efficient operation according to the cooperative purpose, within the policy guidelines set by the board of directors; to provide products and services to meet the needs of member producers; to provide leadership and direction that produce local earnings.
Board of Directors:
- Totally responsible/accountable to the Board of Directors and as such, carries out board policies and makes policy recommendations when necessary.
- Develops and implements a business plan and regularly reports on programs.
- Assists the board in execution of its legal obligations and annual insurance review.
- Assists in scheduling, arranging board meetings and agenda.
- Prepares and presents monthly financial operations and sales reports.
Accounting and Reporting:
- Prepares and presents monthly financial reports (Accounts Receivable, Aging, etc.).
- Prepares and presents monthly Balance Sheet & Operating Statement.
- Prepares and presents a yearly Market Share Analysis of the cooperative trade territory, separated by individual commodity.
Finances:
- Prepare capital requirements budget to enable the board to arrange for necessary finances for the organization.
- Maintain desirable financial ratios.
- Maintain adequate inventory turnover.
- Maintain desirable expense ratios.
Planning:
- Work out objectives, duties and responsibilities with and for supervisory employees by developing an outline for each job.
- Assist supervisory employees in developing objectives, duties, and responsibilities with employees by developing an outline for each job.
- Help develop performance standards and determine extent of authority for each supervisory employee in conjunction with job outline.
- Make yearly operating and financial budget projection and submit to the board showing monthly breakdowns and make monthly operating reports compared to budget.
- Constantly strive for self-development by:
- Attending managers association and other management training-type meetings
- Attending community and promotional meetings when possible
- Keep up-to-date on new trends in merchandising, management and financing
- Carry out sales promotions and a coordinated advertising program on all products as planned in budget.
- Maintain desirable gross margins.
Supervision & Control:
- Appraise and evaluate each supervisory employee’s performance annually, using job outline as basis or guide.
- Develop product, sales and technical knowledge among supervisory employees, and assist them in developing this knowledge among all employees.
- Select employees according to job requirements stated in outline and on their potential for development.
- Replace employees who cannot measure up to job requirements and/or who willfully violate company policy.
- Develop and maintain a “Salary Range Program” for all employees.
- Provide the opportunities of advancement and management development for employees as department and United Prairie Managers.
- Hold employee meetings to give pertinent information get employee ideas and develop group interest and enthusiasm for various current programs of importance to the whole group.
- Encourage self-development of employees and assist in furthering self-development by taking a personal interest.
- Create and maintain an atmosphere in which employees willingly produce at maximum capacity.
- Provide top-notch housekeeping and maintenance of all facilities.
Communications:
- Develop, to the utmost, sound working relationships with the parent companies, other agricultural companies, and within the business community wherever possible.
- Personally and officially, represent your cooperative by participating in community affairs.
- Help plan and report to membership meetings and develop member confidence and understanding of the operation, as well as of cooperative principles.
Additional Details:
Premier Cooperative, Champaign, Illinois is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers competitive salary and benefits. For more information about the organization and position, please contact Dave Lemmon at David.Lemmon@chsinc.com or (320) 219-0270.
Deadline for Applications: March 31, 2018
Interested applicants should apply online.
Job Link:
http://chsmembercooperative.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=details&jobOrderID=10517326
