Location Manager (Red Bud)

Here is a great opportunity in the St. Louis region. This role will give you the opportunity to manage and operate a large hub fertilizer plant without the sales and direct farmer contact. The location will give you excellent access to the St. Louis metro. You will have close proximity to cultural, family, food, and sports functions, plus excellent fishing, hunting and water sports.

The plant employs twenty full-time and ten part-time individuals. Demographics are primarily thirty somethings who come from the region. The facility is one of the largest in southern Illinois. It is full service with nearly $8.0M in chemistry with five liquid sprayers and two dry. Nearly, 200k acres for liquid and dry fertilizer. There is also NH3 and seed. All seed treatments are applied here. The focus for the plant is chemistry and application. This is a high intensity plant with all of the bells and whistles. Facilities and equipment are new and current. The mixing system is Murray. You are also responsible for the maintenance shop and offices.

This role is heavily focused on leadership and management of your team. You will take care of hiring, onboarding, coaching, evaluating, and keeping your team focused and on track. Your team is experienced. Allow them to make decisions. They work together to accomplish the daily tasks and full-fill the needs of the customer. A key focus will be keeping your bench stocked and replacing people as they retire.

Daily, you will oversee inventory and ordering of product. Dispatch and scheduling of people and equipment. You will work with other staff to share resources as needed.

The company will provide you the resources to be successful. You will have access to continued learning and training. As an employee, you will receive health benefits and access to retirement and pension plans coupled to compensation based upon your experience and bonus based upon the profitability. You can expect to earn $100k to $120k.