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Sleepy Eye, MN, USA | Administration-NPC | Salary | 53000-65000 per year | Full Time

Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, our 50 year old company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns three feed mills, manages 140,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. Our organization employs nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships. We are an industry leader with a proven commitment to ethical practices, food safety, and nutrition. Join our team!

Position Overview:

The Marketing Coordinator will support the company's marketing and scheduling operations across a complex, multi-state production system. In this highly analytical role, they'll interpret data across groups, flows, and packer commitments to ensure the right pigs get to the right place at the right time. The coordinator will be a key liaison between production, logistics, and marketing, analyzing load performance, adjusting schedules, generating insights, and supporting quick decisions that directly impact profitability and efficiency.

What You Will Do:

+ Analyze marketing and flow data to support daily, weekly, and long-range, scheduling decisions.

+ Manage load scheduling and adjustments to ensure proper flow timing, required down days, and optimized utilization.

+ Generate and distribute reports (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly) to Marketing Managers, Directors, and senior leadership.

+ Monitor and reconcile load schedules vs. commitments, resolving discrepancies to minimize transportation issues.

+ Negotiate open-market sales with packers as needed to secure optimal pricing and grade value.

+ Collaborate cross-functionally with packers, transportation, and marketing teams to address schedule changes or disruptions.

+ Maintain compliance with drug withdrawal and animal welfare requirements across all market loads.

+ Collect and reconcile packer data, ensuring accuracy in accounting, carcass data imports, and financial reports.

What You Offer Us:

+ Analytical precision and attention to detail, with the ability to turn data into clear insights and actions.

+ Understanding of production or commodity marketing systems, preferably within agriculture or protein sectors.

+ Strong Excel and data management skills, with a passion for process accuracy and efficiency.

+ Ability to manage complexity, balancing multiple moving parts while meeting time-sensitive deadlines.

+ Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working cross-functionally with logistics, production, and leadership teams.

+ Proactive problem-solving mindset, anticipating issues and proposing clear, data-driven solutions.

+ Integrity and dependability, ensuring all reporting, communication, and scheduling reflect Christensen Farms' standards.

+ Eagerness to grow professionally, within a stable, high-performing agricultural organization.

What We Offer You:

+ Take advantage of hands-on leadership opportunities, ongoing training, and clear career advancement paths within a collaborative team environment that values hard work, accountability, and personal growth across all levels of the organization.

+ We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a flexible spending account (FSA), life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid time off bank, an employee assistance program (EAP), and more.

+ Be an active part of an organization that gives back to the community in many ways – including feed programs that support local farms, food shelf programs, food support for veterans, agriculture education and promotion, FFA/4H support, charitable contributions, etc.

+ A company that has a passionate purpose for food safety, animal welfare, and for living its core values every day – respect, integrity, excellence, adaptability, and innovation.

+ A culture that fosters employee growth, hybrid work options, promotion from within, and a highly team-oriented workplace environment.

+ The targeted base pay range for this role is $53,000 to $65,000 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills, and experience.

Reports To:

Director of Marketing

Christensen Farms promotes a culture of inclusion and strives to attract a diverse set of candidates for each of our open positions. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and proud to offer employment and growth opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

Learn more about how you can put your passion and talent to work with us at:

https://www.christensenfarms.com/careers/positions-available/