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Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.

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Role Overview:

The Senior Manager of Credit is responsible for leading and overseeing a region’s credit risk management strategy, credit policy governance, and customer credit decisioning processes. This role is also responsible for managing a regional credit team, partnering with Sales and Finance to support growth objectives, and ensuring strong controls around credit exposure, collections, and compliance.

A Sample of What You’ll Do in This Role:

• Contribute to the development, execution, and continuous improvement of company credit policies, procedures, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Oversee customer credit evaluations, approvals, and ongoing credit monitoring to balance risk management and commercial growth.
• Partner closely with Sales, Finance, and IT to support responsible revenue growth while managing credit exposure.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of credit professionals, ensuring strong performance, engagement, and succession planning.
• Analyze credit risk trends, aging, and exposure metrics; prepare and present insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Drive consistency and compliance across credit practices, including adherence to internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Lead initiatives to improve credit processes, systems, and reporting, leveraging data and technology to increase efficiency and visibility.

What You Bring to the Role:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in credit, risk management, finance, or related discipline
• Demonstrated experience leading credit teams and managing complex credit portfolios
• Strong knowledge of credit risk assessment, financial statement analysis, and collections strategies
• Experience in agriculture, commodities, agribusiness, food, animal nutrition, or agronomic inputs is preferred, but not required
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• You are a strategic thinker who can balance risk management with business growth objectives
• You have strong leadership skills and enjoy developing and mentoring high-performing teams
• You communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
• You are comfortable making sound, data-driven decisions in complex or ambiguous situations
• You bring a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset to cross-functional partnerships

Compensation and Benefits:

• In compliance with all states and cities requiring transparency of pay, the base compensation for this position ranges from $126,700 - $185,930. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience.
• This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and vacation, holidays, health, dental, vision, mental health, and retirement plan participation, including an employer contribution of up to 7% into your 401(k).

Please note that salary ranges provided for this role on external job boards are salary estimates made by outside parties and may not be accurate.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Diversity of people, cultures, opinions, and ideas makes us all stronger. From leadership commitment to employee buy-in, we know that creating an inclusive environment and providing opportunities for all employees to reach their full potential is a shared responsibility.

Wilbur-Ellis is a company you can be proud to call your employer

Wilbur-Ellis markets and distributes agricultural products, animal feed specialty chemicals, and food ingredients. A privately held and consistently profitable company, we employ more than 4,000 people throughout North America and Asia-Pacific.

Wilbur-Ellis is for and about people

Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed over 100 years of success and growth, all thanks to our people. Our employees are both leaders and team players who thrive on creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a dedication to quality work, our customers, and each other.

Wilbur-Ellis invests in the industry’s best workforce

Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.

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