Operations Management Trainee Jobs in Indiana

About Company:

Our Mission

At Ag Plus, we are a customer-driven and profitable cooperative dedicated to providing our patrons with premium value through our high-quality products and services.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a successful and innovative full-service agribusiness by excelling in:

• Service Leadership – Setting the standard for exceptional customer service
• Growth & Innovation – Embracing new opportunities to strengthen our cooperative
• Efficiency – Delivering top-tier solutions with precision and expertise
• Community Commitment – Supporting and enriching the communities we serve
• Unity & Strength – Fostering collaboration for lasting success
• Employee Dedication – Investing in the people who drive our mission forward

Who We Are

For over a century, northeast Indiana has been home to a hardworking farming community built on integrity, resilience, and family values. These same principles remain at the heart of Ag Plus today.

What started as a modest group of farmers has grown into a thriving cooperative with over 1,400 members, serving communities across eleven counties. Despite our growth, we remain locally owned and operated—not by a distant boardroom, but by the farmers we proudly serve.

Ag Plus is open to everyone in northeastern Indiana—no memberships, no annual fees. Our success stays within the local markets we serve, benefiting our communities time and time again.

Our Services

To best support our members, Ag Plus operates across five key divisions:

• Agronomy – Precision Ag, crop nutrients, protection, and seed solutions
• Energy – Reliable liquid fuels and LP gas services
• Feed – Quality bagged and bulk feed options
• Grain – Comprehensive grain services, including trucking
• Turf – A full line of turf products with expert advice

At Ag Plus, we remain committed to delivering value, fostering growth, and serving our communities for generations to come.

About the Role:

Job Title: Location Manager

Division: Grain/ Agronomy/Retail-Feed

Location: TBD

Summary: Ag Plus is seeking motivated individuals interested in developing into future leadership roles within our operations.

This position is designed to provide hands-on experience across multiple areas of our business while preparing candidates for future management opportunities. Individuals in this role will work closely with experienced leaders to develop operational, customer service, team leadership, and business management skills.

Through training and progressive responsibility, candidates will gain exposure to grain, agronomy, feed, retail, distribution, and marketing operations. The goal is to develop leaders capable of overseeing location operations in a manner that supports Ag Plus' mission and goals, enhances operational efficiency, delivers exceptional customer service, and contributes to the continued growth and success of the cooperative.

Location assignments and long-term placement opportunities will be discussed throughout the interview process and will be based on business needs and candidate qualifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Supports Ag Plus’ stated Vision, Mission, and Business Values.
• Projects a positive attitude to customers and employees at all times.
• Provides outstanding and courteous customer service.
• Read and follow company employee policies.
• Responsible for cost controls and budgeting of the assigned location.
• Promotes, and supports Ag Plus’ grain, retail and agronomy programs.
• Assists in the development of annual farmer/customer programs that include soil testing, field mapping, product recommendations, timely and accurate application, field scouting as needed, record keeping, and follow-up calls.
• Maintains facility and equipment so that they have a good appearance and are always in working order.
• Complete written activity support documents as required.
• Monitor grain inventory quality/condition and complete weekly inventory reports.
• Maintain all records required by OSHA or Ag Plus’ safety procedures.
• Provides customers a cash grain bid and explain basic grain contracts.
• Promotes Ag Plus’ products and services to customers.
• Explain company policies and site operations to customers as needed.
• Recommend repairs and improvements to the department heads.
• Oversees plant personnel training so that tasks are performed properly and safely.
• Controls inventories for proper seasonal levels.
• Maintains periodic customer contact as needed, as well as a continual prospect list that is contacted appropriately.
• Adheres to the credit guidelines of Ag Plus.
• Helps plan, develop and implement Ag Plus policies and goals.
• Oversees compliance at the Raber location regarding governmental regulations, and safety.
• Develops an atmosphere of teamwork among peer Management Staff.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises assigned employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; create a non-hostile work environment; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual 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.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university; or 15 years or more related experience and/or education; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Accounting software; Database software; Internet software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations (Preferred, not required):

• Commercial Drivers License with Hazardous Material Endorsement
• Commercial Pesticide Applicator License 1A
• CCA certificate
• USDA grain weighing and grading license.
• Pest Control Applicators License of grade 7-E would be beneficial.

Other Skills and Abilities:

Voluntary training in providing First Aid and CPR

Competencies

Leadership and Managerial

Functional

Foundational

Planning / Organizing

Business Acumen

Motivation

Managing people

Customer service

Physical Demands 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 regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 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 frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.