Job Summary:
The Market Advisor is a relationship and trust builder, who will help our customers see what a level playing field looks like. This includes connecting with customers on a monthly basis to help them understand our company cattle position and how that ties to our proven 5-step strategy. We believe in helping our customers deliver repeatable profits in both cattle and grain.
Note: This is NOT a sales role. Our sales team will deliver customers to you.
Location On-Site: Omaha, NE
Responsibilities:
- Train and influence customers to follow our proven 5-step process
- Deliver “Weekly Packet” to customers monthly, assisting them with cattle and grain marketing strategies and decisions
- Actively participate in customer and prospect meetings with sales team
- Ability to travel 25% of the time within a 5 state area
- Collaborate with Cattle Business Managers on scheduling monthly calls with clients
- Identify opportunities for cross-selling Balance4ward operational solutions and communicate the value of those to clients
- Collaborate cross-functionally with the sales teams to ensure seamless communication and alignment of strategies
The Ideal Candidate:
- Understands and appreciates the mid-market segment of the cattle feeding industry. Agrees that mid-market cattlemen cannot build wealth hedging a profit
- Knowledge of and experience trading multiple commodity markets
- Understands how to generate profits in a highly leveraged, margin-based business
- Enjoys coaching and helping people with cattle and grain marketing strategies
- A humble decision maker that can be bold, while also being able to accept being wrong
- Has a patient, flexible and adaptable working style. This allows for productive conversations with all customers, regardless of their experience level with futures trading and cash marketing
- Desire to be proactive and take risk trading the trend rather than as a traditional risk manager
- Sees value in following process, versus flying by the seat of their pants
- Demonstrates the exceptional ability to build trust and communicate with people of diverse personalities
Qualifications
- Series 3 license with experience trading cattle and grain futures
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in business or related field required
- Experience in livestock industry required
- Ability to travel to customer locations regularly
- Ability to build trust and influence customers to think like Balance4ward does
If interested, please fill out the Career Application Form here.