Energy & Sales Marketing Guru

Position Title/Summary	Energy Sales & Marketing Manager
Recruiter's Name *	Jeri Derrig
Email *	jdderrig@landolakes.com
Industry *	agriculture
Company *	Land O'Lakes
Career Website	http://www.landolakesbds.com
Location: South Central Minnesota Oversee vendor relationships and programs in the sales area with increased focus on growing the overall sales of the Energy department. Responsible for inventory levels for retail and bulk plants along with risk managing fuel and LP contracts. Develop and lead the implementation of strategic marketing plans as to enhance market share in the Energy sales area Lead efforts in developing and implementing an outstanding customer service program that will enhance our ability to serve our customers across all product areas with special emphasis on energy. Make product and services recommendations to customers that will result in more profitable sales and margins of the energy product lines. Communicates with customers and employees in a manner that will create support and loyalty for United Farmers Cooperative. Education/Job Experience Education: • Post high school training at the college or vocational level • Sales, management training preferred • Experience may be substituted for education Experience: • Previous energy sales experience desirable • Previous supervisory experience desirable • Good people skills necessary • Strong written and verbal skills necessary • Computer skills desirable • Ag background a plus
Apply To:	Jeri Derrig
Application Deadline	May 1, 2009

Energy Division Manager - Indiana

Position Title/Summary	Energy Division Manager
Recruiter's Name *	Jeri Derrig
Email *	jdderrig@landolakes.com
Industry *	agriculture
Career Website	http://www.landolakesbds.com
NE Indiana Job Description Responsible for marketing, profitability and sales, reporting, purchasing, resale pricing, inventory, service and maintenance. Position will supervise seven employees. Company Highlights Total company sales of $136 million. Energy volumes: Pump-24 - 200,000 gallons Propane – 3.5 million gallons Liquid fuels – 5.7 million gallons Education/Job Experience Candidates should have a documented record of successful management experience in a growth oriented petroleum business. Candidates must demonstrate employee development skills along with excellent communication and public relation skills. Preferred candidate will have good business process skills and a vision for growth.
Apply To:	Jeri Derrig at jdderrig@landolakes.com

Energy Division Manager

Position: Energy Division Manager
Location: South East Minnesota
Highlights: Excellent opportunity to lead a multi-location energy division in beautiful South Eastern Minnesota. The ideal candidate should possess excellent management, communication, problem solving and organizational skills. Responsibilities include supervision of energy division staff; budgeting, business planning and financial outcomes of division; merchandising, marketing and risk management of all energy products; all compliance programs pertaining to the energy division. The energy division has sales of 1.7 million gallons of gasoline, 1.4 million gallons of diesel and 2.2 million gallons of LP gas. This is an opportunity to join an excellent team.

Deadline: February 20, 2009

Send resumes to: Dave Peters, 809 Superior Drive, Northfield, MN 55057 or email: david.peters@chsinc.com

Energy Department Manager - Indiana

Job Title: Energy Department Manager

Location:  NE Indiana

Job Description       Responsible for marketing, profitability and sales, reporting, purchasing, resale pricing, inventory, service and maintenance. Position will supervise seven employees.

Company Highlights              

Total company sales of $136 million.  Energy volumes: Pump-24 - 200,000 gallons Propane – 3.5 million gallons Liquid fuels – 5.7 million gallons

Education/Job Experience     Candidates should have a documented record of successful management experience in a growth oriented petroleum business. Candidates must demonstrate employee development skills along with excellent communication and public relation skills. Preferred candidate will have good business process skills and a vision for growth.

Contact:  Jeri Derrig - (515) 574-2905 – jdderrig@landolakesinc.com

Certified Energy Specialist - Iowa

CERTIFIED ENERGY SPECIALIST – Locations: Sibley, IA (80%) and Marshall, MN (20%) RESPONSIBILITIES: To increase sales and profitability of an assigned cooperative account through implementation of sales, marketing and consulting processes for products and services provided by CHS. REQUIREMENTS: Four year degree in marketing, business, agriculture, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Excellent communication skills; in listening and presentation skills, both written and verbal. Computer proficiency. Organization and Multiple Project Management. Problem solving methods and mathematics processes. Good working habits with ready self-learning aptitude. Ability to work without supervision. Important / Nice to Have: Petroleum industry experience with technical experiences in field. Agricultural background. Supervisory ability. Experience developing marketing plans and calculating margins and profit. H.R. CONTACT: Glenn Koele PHONE: (515) 451-1678 EMAIL: HYPERLINK "mailto:glenn.koele@chsinc" glenn.koele@chsinc.com CHS Inc. is an EEO Employer.

Director of Petroleum Operations/Energy Department Manager - Kansas

Position: Director of Petroleum Operations / Energy Department Manager  Location: Kansas

Highlights: Position is responsible for operations and profitability of energy LLC. Position will also manage the energy departments for two parent companies. Annual refined fuels gallons of 13-15 million. Includes 11 unmanned retail card facilities, and 60,000 gallons of retail bulk and packaged lubes. Sales cover four states. Position will have five direct reports.  Send resumes to: Brian Kuhl    brian.kuhl@chsinc.com

Energy Department Manager - Iowa

Position: Energy Department Manager Location: Le mars, Iowa

Highlights: Growth and earnings focused cooperative seeking aggressive, people-oriented, self-motivated individual to lead a growing energy department with 10.5 million gal. volume of refined fuels and 2 million gal. volume in propane with one company-owned convenience store. Candidate will have responsibilities including purchasing product, setting proper margins, profitably merchandising petroleum products to residential, ag and commercial accounts setting and meeting business plans and budgets while maintaining working relationships with other departments in the cooperative. Must be able to communicate departmental and company goals to staff, rout delivery for maximum efficiency, increase market share in petroleum product sales, able to set and meet company volume and earnings objectives, oversee a department with nine full-time employees.  Send resumes to:  Larry Fuller    Emaillarry.fuller@chsinc.com