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5 Questions with Jason Bourgeois

plant. Since the Hamilton facility is is that there are constant challenges
like having two different crush plants and opportunities to learn and grow. As
in one (one soybean and one canola), a team, no matter what the situation,
we are responsible for all the trading, we work together to find solutions to
logistics, and position management for any problems that we face. People at
inbound beans and seed on trucks, rail, Bunge are smart, motivated, and care
and vessels. As well as all the trading, a lot about the work that we are doing,
logistics, and position management for while being respectful with others.
outbound truck and rail on soybean
meal, soybean hulls and canola What do you like to do in your spare
meal. We are also responsible for time?
coordination between the operations My family is very important to me. My
team and our customers as well as wife and I are often busy chasing after
working with the operations team our two little kids who consistently
with any issues surrounding the plants. keep us on our toes. We enjoy travelling
What is your role with Bunge and how There’s a lot of moving pieces every and exploring new places together,
long have you been a part of the team? single day on both the inbound and especially while on hikes. Prior to
What is your background prior to outbound side and with only a few days’ having children, I quite enjoyed waking
joining Bunge? worth of outbound storage it can be a in the wee hours of the morning to
I am the Commercial Manager for the challenge at times to keep all the balls do landscape photography and look
Bunge Hamilton crush facility and have up in the air. forward to reconnecting to that passion
been with Bunge for 7 years. Originally soon.
born and raised in Michigan, I went What work accomplishment are you
to the University of Michigan-Ann most proud of?
Arbor and graduated with a BSE in We’ve had a lot of successes in Hamilton
Chemical Engineering with a minor in over the years, but two stick out more Follow us
Economics. While I enjoyed my time at than others.
Michigan (Go Blue), I realized quickly Firstly, I am most proud of our team
that I didn’t want to pursue a career in taking our commercial downtime We regularly feature community
engineering. Instead, I found my way consistently to as close to zero as investments, corporate
into futures trading in Chicago during possible and running the plant as achievements and other
accomplishments on our social
the financial crisis of the late 2000’s and hard as we can from a commercial channels. Stay conneted by
then eventually moved into agriculture standpoint.
working for Gavilon at one of their The other accomplishment that stands following us on Facebook,
Indiana locations. After the dissolution out is how we navigated through Instagram and LinkedIn.
of the Canadian Wheat Board, I was the COVID shutdown. During a
presented with the opportunity to work time of high turnover globally, two
in Canada at Lansing Trade Group and of our team members left to pursue
have been here ever since. Now having opportunities outside of agriculture.
merged with Viterra, it’s nice to see But even with being short staffed
familiar faces from the past, and I’m and a global pandemic, we rose to the
looking forward to creating many more challenge, rebuilt the team, and came
partnerships as we grow together.
out the other side stronger and more
What are some of your responsibilities? connected.
As the Commercial Manager for the What do you like best about working at
Bunge Hamilton crush facility, it is my Bunge?
job to maximize the profitability of the
What I like best about working at Bunge

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