Procurement Management Trainee
Indiana Packers Corporation Delphi, Indiana
Summary:
Our Operations Management Trainee Program is an entry level management position that offers exceptional hands-on experience. If you are a recent college graduate (within the last 12 months) or will be a college graduate (within the next 12 months), with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science, Operations Management, Food Science, Agribusiness or related field from an accredited college this is an opportunity to explore. Indiana Packers Corporation offers growth and stability!
The Management Trainee will spend 3-4 months in each department gaining a solid understanding of our procurement operations through direct observation and shadowing. Those areas of focus are Livestock Procurement (plant/hog buying), Oracle Pork (Live Production) and OP-Nutrition, LLC (Feed Mill operations). This management trainee will report to V.P. Livestock Procurement. Rotation assignments through several departments is necessary to gain a real understanding of the business. After initial training, the Management Trainee will be assigned to specific procurement duties.
Responsibilities:
Live Procurement at Indiana Packers Corp., Delphi, IN.
- Understand company policies and procedures as they relate to business units.
- Assist in scheduling of animals to the IPC plant.
- Participate in the movement of hogs in plant and learn tasks required for traceability.
Oracle Pork in Delphi, IN. (Travel surrounding areas)
- Meet growers and gain understanding of their responsibilities for performance.
- Receive wean pigs, grade, mark, sort, and load market hogs.
- Review records at farm for accuracy for closeout.
- Travel with veterinarians, post pigs, collect samples of submission and review diagnostic reports.
- Good Production Practices and biosecurity are followed at farm level.
OP-Nutrition, LLC. In Peru, IN.
- Gain understanding ingredient receiving, batching, mixing, pellet process.
- Ingredient and feed ordering process.
- Understand mill operating system.
Education and Qualifications:
- Recent college graduate (within the last 12 months) or will be a college graduate (within the next 12 months), with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science, Operations Management, Food Science, Agribusiness or related field.
- Strong Communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office.
- Responsible for upholding IPC image and promoting it inside and outside the organization.
- Responsible for submitting all records and reports to the appropriate destination in a prompt and timely basis.
- Willingness to work daily or weekly overtime.
Compensation:
- Competitive base salary with shift premium pay and annual performance bonus.
- 136 Hours Vacation in year 1.
- Relocation package available.
- Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401k, Supplemental Life, Accident and Illness insurance, and access to Employee Health Clinic.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
OUR COMPANY: INDIANA PACKERS CORPORATION
Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC) is a fully integrated retail, food service and private label producer of fresh and processed meats company. IPC is majority owned, by Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan's largest trading company with more than 60,000 team members. As a company, we are growing; in the past five years, we've grown by more than 50% to almost 3,000 team members with 4 primary processing facilities. We value diversity, innovation, collaboration and those passionate about their jobs. Are you ready to step up to the challenge of launching your career with Indiana Packers?
BENEFITS
We reward our team members with compensation and benefits above the competition, including three health care options (including an HSA), two dental options, two vision options, a very competitive 401(k) plan (with two different company match components), and several other supplemental benefits (including a generous tuition reimbursement program).
Physical Demands?
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job.? The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 90 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.?
EOE, including Disability/Veteran
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