Vice President of Plant Nutrients at Andersons in Maumee, OH

Job description

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