Mid America Agri Products / Wheatland, LLC (MAAPW) is an ethanol producer that is currently seeking a dynamic Plant Manager in Madrid, Nebraska. This leadership position maintains a cost effective and safe facility while directing the short and long-term operations objectives of the facility. The position reports directly to the Plant General Manager. Responsibilities: • Supervise daily plant activities and employees, determining methods for employee work, scheduling, and conducting employee performance appraisals. • Monitor and maintain facility cleanliness, safety, and quality control. • Review and report operations and production data. • An integral team member in developing, planning, and executing the capital and expense budgets for the facility. • Ensure plant's activities comply with all governing laws and regulations. • Select, recommend, evaluate internal and external candidates for positions within the plant. • Collaboration with plant GM to ensure efficient and accurate operations.

The Commodities Director is responsible for overseeing the sourcing, purchasing, and management of all commodity inputs necessary for ethanol production, as well as the marketing and sale of co-products. This strategic leadership role involves developing procurement strategies, managing supplier relationships, optimizing supply chain efficiency, and overseeing the marketing and sales of by-products to ensure the plant’s profitability and operational success. The Commodities Director plays an integral role in market analysis, risk mitigation, and cross departmental collaboration to support the overall business objectives.

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CFR Engines, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer known for its commitment to innovation, quality, reliability, and excellence in the petroleum fuel testing sector. We take pride in our cutting-edge technology and dedication to delivering top-notch, American-made products to our customers worldwide. As we continue to grow and diversify, we are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Instrumentation Product Manager to join our team!

As an Instrumentation Product Manager, you'll be an integral part of our team, responsible for supporting the overall growth of the CFR WI Instruments (WI) product line. In this role, the Instrumentation Product Manager will serve as the sales lead for the WI product line with responsibility for driving global sales efforts as well as evaluating opportunities for targeted sales support from Channel Partners. For identified Channel Partners, the Instrumentation Product Manager will be responsible for developing, enabling, and enhancing their performance to ensure the successful sale of WI products. At the same time, the Instrumentation Product Manager will support the WI product line by applying an agile, customer-centric, business-focused mindset to identify and develop WI product line opportunities to their full market potential. The Instrumentation Product Manager will become a WI subject matter expert, including understanding technical and market trends and how they affect the product/service roadmap, competitive analysis, developing go-to-market and sales strategies, performing product demonstrations, gathering voice-of-customer (VOC), and assisting with new product launches. Join us and be part of a company where innovation thrives alongside tradition as we go above and beyond every day to meet the evolving needs of our industry.
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Why CFR Engines?

At CFR, we believe in fostering a culture where every team member feels valued, supported, and inspired to thrive. When you join CFR you can expect to receive competitive compensation, a flexible schedule, and a dynamic work environment where innovation thrives alongside tradition.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage at all levels within internal teams, direct customers, and Channel Partners to drive new sales, grow market share, and increase the global WI install base.

• Responsible for WI Channel Network relationships, sales targets, and performance.

• Develop and execute effective sales strategies and tactics for WI products through the entire sales funnel process.

• Drive product launches with engagement with cross-functional teams.

• Leverage networks to drive WI sales and identify opportunities with corresponding partners in CFR and Channels to cross-sell WI or provide comprehensive solutions with WI.

• Penetrate WI competitive accounts and communicate market intelligence back to the business, along with field concerns, issues, and requirements.

• Develop annual WI business plans defining performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones, including detail on volume, mix, market trends, sales/marketing plans, and training initiatives.

• Actively manage WI Channel Partner performance through weekly communication (calls, emails, training) including reviews of pipeline opportunities, deal progression, promotional activities, training initiatives, and win/loss rationale.

• Develop the go-to-market approach with support from commercial teams.

• Educate unmet needs and WI value propositions through analysis from market research, customer engagement, and visits by working with Commercial and Technical teams.

• Understand technical benefits of product offerings and maintain a thorough market understanding, including industry trends, industry business and operations processes, competitive analysis, and business direction to develop customer use cases.

• Identify, coordinate, and perform sales opportunity based activities including technical presentations, customer references, site visits, product demonstrations, and product implementation process support.

• In conjunction with the Commercial and Technical teams, support the product development process to ensure the product fulfills the market needs and achieves the product goals.

• Partner with marketing to support the development of marketing communications materials for all sales channels and customers, related to product value proposition messaging, new product/service launches, channel promotions, and product news.

• Promote the WI product lines by selecting and participating in trade associations, industry conferences, and trade shows.

• Actively provide input to support WI strategic, budgeting, and monthly planning processes.