Summary 

Responsible learning and executing all basic hog procurement tasks. The Hog Procurement Relief is responsible for supporting the Hog Procurement Team with meeting plant supply needs for hogs at a competitive cost. This is a basic entry level livestock procurement management position that will learn procurement at all levels.

Education, Licensure and Experience 

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university or 2 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience required. 

• Prior knowledge of the pork or food industry. 
• Advanced mathematical, quantitative, and analytical skills. 
• Understands system capabilities and finds ways to improve system performance. 
• Capability to synthesize data from multiple resources to build actionable recommendations. 
• Effective critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills. 
• Economic and math skills, and the ability to analyze information and data. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills. 
• Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. 

• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• TQA certification or completion upon hire.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be a minimum of 18 years of age and must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following (Please note: This in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position. Other duties may be assigned as deemed necessary and appropriate.):

1. Provide relief Hog Procurement team for vacations, absences, and in emergency situations. 
2. Manage load scheduling and information from booking through delivery in the company’s procurement system, ensuring accuracy and communicating to team/producers/logistics managers any relevant information or discrepancies.
3. Perform data entry for negotiated purchases as needed. 
4. Support daily data entry requirements such as check-in and verification of loads being received on site, ensuring accuracy and reporting any discrepancies. 
5. Monitor and report compliance against Hog Procurement Agreement standards.
6. Support monitoring and tracking procurement activity in electronic systems. 
7. Supports hog procurement reporting to include daily weekly, and monthly reports. 
8. Ability to utilize data and transpose it into action items that can be executed by the Hog Procurement team.
9. Communicates with the Hog Procurement leadership team to support project objectives and status. 
10. Utilizes technology to demonstrate where opportunities exist to improve business. 
11. Manages and promotes regulatory compliance requirements to employees and suppliers. 
12. Responsible for monitoring and ensuring agreed upon obligations are met between the Company and suppliers. 
13. Understands and interprets markets and establishes excellent business relationships with producers to support the procurement of hogs with suppliers. 
14. Follow hog handling directives and procedures to comply with company Animal Welfare policies and procedures as well as FSIS directives, this includes annual training on these policies 
15. Learn the proper counting, identification, and classification of hogs, including regular verification via internal recording software. 
16. Review daily delivery commitments to determine that all information is correct pertaining to trucking, arrival times, site name and premises ID.
17. Responsible for ante-mortem inspection and live hog monitoring as required under USDA guidance, including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point documentation.
18. Always represent the company in a professional manner.
19. May perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Language Skills

Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the language of the majority cultural group in order to communicate effectively and able to hear enough to understand those individuals as well. Ability to read, interpret, and comprehend documents such as graphs/flow sheets, financials, general professional articles and publications, governmental regulations, safety rules, assignment sheets, and procedure manuals. Must be able to write reports, business correspondence, policies and procedures, and other administrative forms as outlined above.

Must be able to effectively communicate in both individual and group settings. Must be able to present information and respond to questions from individuals and/or groups including employees and managers.

Mathematical Skills

In order to perform duties, must be able to:

1. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure such as whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and fractions.
2. Compute rate, discounts, ratios, and percent, and
3. Make, read, and interpret financials, graphs, rates, ratios, and percentages.

Reasoning Ability 

Ability to apply common sense and judgment in solving problems and interpreting and understanding instructions furnished in written or oral form. Must be able to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action yet reason when to involve supervisor.

Computer Skills 

Moderate computer knowledge with the ability to learn software.

Other Skills and Abilities 

1. Display strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deal with frequent interruptions.
2. Basic office skills such as phone skills, voice mail, copying, typing, and directing visitors.
3. Ability to function independently given assigned duties. 
4. Able to lead problem solving and troubleshooting efforts associated with high-level process issues.
5. Good planning and priority setting skills.
6. Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
7. Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
8. Ability to work in varying production environments (heat and cold).
9. May be required to work long hours and weekends.
10. Ability to provide leadership and guidance to employees in the livestock facilities.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The work environment characteristics & physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment will include wet or humid conditions, extreme cold and heat, hog dander and odors. Noise level in the work environment is usually high. Frequently maneuver market sized non-ambulatory market sized hogs, up to 325 pounds, into and out of animal handling equipment as determined by the state of the hog. Frequently lift/move/carry up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands and/or fingers to feel, manipulate small objects, write, and type. The employee is frequently required to bend; squat/kneel; twist/turn; sit; talk; hear and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to push/pull; climb; walk; stand; and balance. The employee is rarely required to smell and/or taste. The employee must frequently lift/carry/move up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and to warm/cold and/or humid/dry conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently subject to interruptions.

Wholestone Prestage is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, gender orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.