Location: Bethel or Danville, PA
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Setting: Primarily office-based with periodic travel
Compensation: Staged base salary plus uncapped commission
Position Summary
Rushtown Poultry is seeking a driven, analytical, and relationship-focused Egg Platform Specialist to develop and manage egg-market trading opportunities.
This position will source available supply, place product with buyers, negotiate pricing, structure profitable trades, and build relationships with producers, breakers, distributors, further processors, retailers, and other traders.
Rushtown Poultry produces approximately 3.5 million eggs per day across 23 farms and operates its own feed mill, fleet, and grading operation. This gives the Egg Platform Specialist strong visibility into product availability, customer demand, transportation, and market opportunities.
Prior egg-industry experience is not required. The selected candidate will receive direct training from the Chief Operating Officer and must be able to learn the egg market quickly.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain relationships with egg producers throughout the Mid-Atlantic and beyond.
- Identify producers with available product and customers with immediate or upcoming demand.
- Sell product to breakers, distributors, further processors, retailers, and other traders.
- Structure and price trades while accounting for product cost, freight, fees, and expected gross margin.
- Negotiate pricing and maintain strong, credible relationships with counterparties.
- Manage trading positions within established authority and risk limits.
- Complete accurate daily position reports marked to market.
- Identify spot-market relationships that may develop into long-term agreements.
- Assist with annual contract opportunities and negotiations.
- Provide a weekly assessment of market pricing, trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Ensure new counterparties are approved and assigned appropriate credit-exposure limits before making commitments.
- Follow established stop-loss requirements and promptly report losses or unfavorable positions.
- Travel periodically to farms, customer locations, docks, and industry events.
Staged Trading Authority
Months 1–3
- Matched-book trading only.
- Every purchase requires a confirmed sale before commitment.
- No open trading position.
- All trades are reviewed through the Chief Operating Officer.
Months 4–6
- Open positions may be permitted within a defined limit.
- Written approval is required for positions above the established limit.
Month 7 and Beyond
- Full desk authority may be earned within an established risk band.
- Trading activity and performance will be reviewed regularly.
Advancement is based on demonstrated performance, judgment, reporting accuracy, and compliance. Trading authority may be reduced or withdrawn when necessary.
Performance Expectations
First 90 Days
- Learn the company’s cost structure and farm operations.
- Build a mapped list of at least 50 potential counterparties.
- Document volumes, product specifications, payment behavior, and recurring supply positions.
- Execute initial matched trades.
Months 4–6
- Develop independent deal flow.
- Accurately calculate load-level costs and margins.
- Establish repeat counterparties.
- Deliver a defensible weekly market assessment.
Months 7–12
- Manage a self-supporting book within the approved risk limits.
- Source or support long-term contract opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated success achieving revenue, margin, trading, merchandising, or business-to-business sales goals.
- Strong negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- Ability to calculate margins, freight, fees, and total costs quickly and accurately.
- Strong numerical, analytical, and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to learn a specialized market quickly.
- Sound judgment and disciplined risk management.
- Ability to report losses, unfavorable positions, and market risks promptly and honestly.
- Strong personal credibility and professional communication skills.
- Ability to work independently without requiring a fully defined process.
- Ability to use computers, telephones, and multiple screens throughout the workday.
- Ability to travel periodically to farms, customers, docks, and industry events.
Relevant experience may include commodity trading, merchandising, procurement, freight, agriculture, grain, dairy, produce, protein, feed ingredients, or relationship-driven business-to-business sales.
Egg-industry experience and existing egg-market relationships are not required. Training will be provided.
Compensation
The position includes a staged base salary designed to support the employee while developing an independent trading book:
- Months 1–3: $1,500 per week — $78,000 annualized
- Months 4–6: $1,200 per week — $62,400 annualized
- Month 7 and beyond: $600 per week — $31,200 annualized
Uncapped Commission
- Third-party trades: 25% of the gross margin earned on each trade.
- Internal placements: $250 finder’s fee per truckload of incremental volume sourced or placed.
Gross margin is calculated using the final selling price, including product and transportation, minus the product purchase cost, transportation, and other applicable fees.
Benefits
- 401(k) access
- Healthcare program
- Wellness program
- Two weeks of paid time off
- Up to two additional weeks of unpaid time off
Apply directly with this link: https://rushtownhr.vercel.app/apply/YBbkqx8vdaFWyGbWt8276mCH
Rushtown Poultry LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Pay: $78,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- commodity trading: 1 year (Required)
- relationship-driven business-to-business sales: 1 year (Required)
- agriculture, poultry or feed ingredients: 1 year (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
