The posting
As a North American leader in agribusiness and renewable fuels, The Andersons operates in a unique space, bringing together agriculture, energy, and global markets. From the farm to customers around the world, we help move food, feed, and fuel where it’s needed most.
Our business spans the full value chain, which means the work we do directly supports farmers, customers, and communities every day. Whether it’s helping producers succeed, delivering essential products, or advancing more sustainable energy solutions, our impact is both local and global.
What truly sets us apart is how we work together. We are a performance-driven, people-powered organization where employees are owners, sharing in our success and helping shape our future. We invest in our team through development opportunities, meaningful career paths, and a culture that encourages growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
At the core of everything we do is our Statement of Principles. We are committed to providing extraordinary service to our customers, helping our employees improve, supporting our communities, and increasing the value of the company for our shareholders.
Position Summary
The Andersons is seeking a dynamic, growth-minded executive to lead our plant nutrient businesses and shape an integrated strategy across wholesale nutrients, specialty nutrients, and agronomy. This is a high-impact opportunity for an accomplished commercial leader who understands the plant nutrient value chain, sees the potential of evolving farm-direct models, and can unite distinct businesses around a shared vision for customers, employees, and long-term value creation.
As a member of the Agribusiness leadership team, the Vice President, Plant Nutrients will have enterprise-level responsibility for commercial strategy and performance across three complementary segments. The leader will align sales, marketing, merchandising, commodity risk management, planning, and commercial support activities while partnering closely with operations on asset strategy, capital planning, safe execution, and growth. The role is designed to accelerate integration, strengthen our go-to-market approach, unlock efficiencies, and position the business to serve customers more effectively as the market evolves.
What You Will Lead
- Set and execute an integrated plant nutrient strategy across wholesale nutrients, specialty nutrients, and agronomy, translating enterprise priorities into clear growth plans and measurable results.
- Lead the commercial agenda, including go-to-market strategy, sales effectiveness, product and service offerings, customer segmentation, supplier positioning, merchandising, and commercial planning.
- Advance a coordinated farm-direct approach that connects farm centers, wholesale capabilities, specialty liquids, and agronomy solutions around changing customer needs.
- Provide executive oversight and decision support for commodity risk management, including futures, spreads, market opportunities, and customer risk-management products and strategies.
- Identify and capture efficiencies across the portfolio by aligning sales, planning, risk management, merchandising, and commercial support capabilities.
- Partner with operations leadership on asset strategy, capital investment, operational priorities, safe execution, and the capabilities required to support profitable growth.
- Develop long-range strategic goals and annual business plans; establish performance expectations and ensure disciplined execution against financial, market-share, customer, and employee objectives.
- Build a high-performing, collaborative leadership team by coaching leaders, developing succession depth, and mobilizing talent across the organization.
- Evaluate organic growth, partnerships, and merger-and-acquisition opportunities that strengthen the portfolio and advance the plant nutrient strategy.
- Foster a commercial culture that balances stakeholder needs, challenges established ways of working, and consistently contributes to earnings and shareholder value.
The Leadership Opportunity
- Unify historically independent businesses around one enterprise-wide plant nutrient strategy and operating rhythm.
- Bring an external perspective and deep market expertise to a business where The Andersons intends to grow and invest.
- Create a differentiated go-to-market model across three segments while preserving the strengths and customer relationships within each business.
- Leverage people, capabilities, information, and resources across the organization to improve speed, coordination, and decision quality.
- Lead through senior leaders and influence broadly across Agribusiness and the enterprise, with accountability for a large and strategically important portfolio.
What You Bring
- Significant executive leadership experience in plant nutrients, fertilizer, agronomy, agricultural inputs, commodity merchandising, or a closely related sector.
- Demonstrated success leading multiple businesses, segments, or commercial functions through integration, transformation, and profitable growth.
- Deep understanding of the plant nutrient value chain, market dynamics, customer economics, supplier relationships, commodity exposure, and risk-management practices.
- A record of developing and executing enterprise strategy, translating market insight into investment choices, operating priorities, and commercial results.
- Experience building effective go-to-market models and aligning sales, marketing, merchandising, planning, operations, and support functions.
- Strong financial and business acumen, including ownership of business performance and the ability to balance growth, risk, capital, and return.
- Exceptional ability to influence across organizational boundaries, align diverse stakeholders, and lead through senior leaders.
- A people-centered leadership approach marked by clear expectations, talent development, accountability, collaboration, and engagement.
Competencies Expected of You and Others at This Level
- Drives Engagement - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
- Drives Vision and Purpose - Creates and communicates a compelling vision and strategy that motivates others to action
- Strategic Mindset - Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into strategy
- Global Perspective - Considers broader external factors, trends, and global context when approaching issues or making decisions
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- At least 10 years of relevant, progressively responsible leadership experience; executive-level experience strongly preferred.
- Proven experience leading leaders and delivering results in a complex, multi-site, customer-driven business.
- Ability to travel as needed to engage customers, suppliers, employees, and operating locations.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software
Physical Requirements and Working Environment
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working at a computer
Why The Andersons
This role offers the scope to shape an important growth platform, influence enterprise strategy, and build the next phase of an integrated plant nutrient business. The successful candidate will join an organization with established market capabilities, experienced leaders, and the appetite to invest—while having the mandate to challenge assumptions, connect the portfolio, and create meaningful value for customers, employees, and shareholders.
This job description is intended to give you a general understanding of the role and the type of work involved, but it may not include every responsibility or requirement. Employment with The Andersons, Inc. is at will, which means both you and the Company can end the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, consistent with applicable law, nothing in this description should be viewed as a contract. #LI-AL1
Disclaimer:
The Andersons, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and consider candidates without regard to any status protected by law, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.
We also prioritize a safe and healthy workplace. The Company maintains a drug-free work environment and may require drug, alcohol, and/or medical testing depending on the role.
To ensure a consistent hiring process, The Andersons, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies that do not have a formal agreement in place and is not responsible for any related fees.
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