Agricultural manager careers focus on strategic sourcing and procurement, risk management, supplier relationship, and supplier integration as key elements of the job.
- Become subject matter expert on agriculture industry and markets
- Use strategic sourcing to develop and drive strategies and processes
- Develop and lead strategic sourcing activities, including internal and external analysis and negotiations
- Keep track of projections based on changing market environment
- Develop and promote robust supplier diversity
- Prepare monthly commodity projections
- Track total cost of ownership and variations to budget
- Knowledge of procurement and supply chain as they relate to agricultural industry
- General knowledge of production, markets, and supply chain processes of agricultural commodities
- Lead ongoing joint business activities
- Direct performance on KPIs, and productivity initiatives and innovation.
- Manage and coordinate all phases of agricultural production from planting to harvest
- Maximize premium yield in the most cost effective manner
- Be willing to approach agriculture holistically but with a business mindset
- Have a broad scope of knowledge that includes crop and soil science, meteorology, crop physiology, and related fields like predictive modeling
- Communicate findings to colleagues, farmers, and the public