GROWMARK FS isheadquartered in Milford, Delaware with branches in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. GROWMARK FS has about 500 employees (including seasonal workers) and approximately 13,000 customers. The cooperative does business in seed, agronomy, energy, crop protection, precision agriculture, and custom application. GROWMARK FS is part of the GROWMARK System, an agricultural cooperative serving more than 400,000 customers across North America and Ontario, Canada.
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY STATEMENT
Oversees maintenance and dispatch of equipment to fulfill orders submitted from the sales team. Position includes managing personnel, scheduling, logistics, safety, and customer satisfaction.
SUPERVISION
Provide leadership and supervision to team of applicators and drivers to meet the business demand and provide safe working environment.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Responsible for coordinating and dispatching equipment, administrative support, and daily operational duties at the location.
Receives customer orders and generates delivery tickets for all dispatched equipment and staff.
Coordinates and dispatches spray applicators, bulk dry and liquid fertilizer applicators and deliveries.
Assists in the operation and administration of the Ag-Vance dispatch and billing module. Will include dispatching, billing, report generation, coordinates inventory records, reconciles inventory variances, and posts inventory transactions.
Assists Manager with scheduling of all operations and personnel at the assigned location.
Creates blend sheets for loader / mixer operator based on daily production schedules for general fertilizer products as well as pesticide combination products.
Responsible for the inventory control and turns in application records daily. Assures all product is accounted for with either an invoice or delivery ticket.
Coordinates and conducts safety training for all employees
Assists with regulatory compliance related to DOT and DEP.
Coordinates scheduling maintenance of location equipment, facilities, and fleet vehicles.
Assists with location deliveries as needed.
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS
May be required to serve on the location Safety Committee.
Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Normally requires an Associate’s Degree in agricultural discipline, or the equivalent thereof, and 3 years or more of agronomy operations related work experience or farming experience to demonstrate knowledge of inventory management, equipment maintenance, production scheduling and expense control and to effectively assist in the management of the assigned facilities and personnel.
Demonstrated essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development.
Must have and maintain valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
Must have or have the ability to obtain and maintain a CDL license with required endorsements and any other applicable certification, license or permit, valid medical card and satisfactory driving record, as applicable.
Occasionally exposed or required to:
Ability to work extended hours to meet seasonal demands.
Ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK’s policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position.
GROWMARK is an agricultural cooperative serving almost 400,000 customers across North America, providing agronomy, energy, facility engineering and construction, and logistics products and services, as well as grain marketing management services. Headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, GROWMARK owns the FS trademark, which is used by member cooperatives. More information is available at GROWMARK.com.
FS cooperatives and retail divisions in Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland and Ontario, Canada still make up GROWMARK’s core membership. GROWMARK has now grown into an expansive system with $14.5 billion in annual sales (FY2022). With five wholly or partially-owned subsidiaries, six retail subsidiary divisions, and controlling interests in several related endeavors, the GROWMARK System is flourishing.
