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Grain Cooperative General Manager - Relocation Opportunity in Jennings

Date Posted: 23 October 2026

Job Snapshot

Job Description

gpac is working with a farmer-owned cooperative in north-central South Dakota that needs a hands-on General Manager. They run a grain and feed business with a small, tight-knit crew, and they want someone who knows grain operations and can run a P&L. This is a relocation opportunity. If you're open to a move, this is a small, growing community with good schools and great hunting and fishing.

Responsibilities

  • Run the P&L and the day-to-day grain and feed operation
  • Merchandise grain, including origination, basis and hedging, with training available
  • Oversee feed grinding and mixing for a wide range of livestock
  • Manage inventory, customers, and a small team of operators and a bookkeeper
  • Work alongside the crew as a working manager

Qualifications

  • A strong grain operations background
  • P&L experience
  • Grain merchandising experience, or a real interest in learning origination and hedging
  • Management experience
  • Willing to relocate and live in the community. Long commutes or part-time presence won't work
  • Comfortable in a small-town operation with a close-knit team

What's offered

  • $100K–$120K base DOE
  • Profit sharing potential

Contact Mandi Kuehl at gpac, (605) 681-2031 or mandi.kuehl@gogpac.com. All inquiries are confidential.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.

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