Supply Chain Excellence Lead

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Supply Chain Excellence Lead will focus on supply chain projects to support long term supply chain strategies and business goals for Cargill Bioindustrial (CBI). Part of global CBI Supply Chain Excellence organization, this role connects regional and global priorities and leads initiatives to develop and improve supply chain capabilities and performance, identifying synergies, and improving customer experience.

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with Regional Supply Chain teams to identify, prioritize, and lead strategic initiatives that improve customer experience, margin, cost, productivity, and deliver business value.
• Use substantial knowledge of supply chain best practices to execute and implement complex projects, process, technology and analytics improvements to drive continuous improvement across the organization.Monitor processes and ensure best practices are shared among locations.
• Use data, analytics, and digital tools to improve performance visibility, decision support, and execution.Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of four years of related work experience.
• Other minimum qualifications may apply.

Preferred Qualifications

• Six years of related experience.
• Experience in at least one relevant supply chain domain, such as planning, order management/customer service, logistics, or procurement.
• Experience with continuous improvement and implementation of supply chain process or performance improvements.
• Project management experience, including project setup, status reporting, and change management.
• Experience developing or using supply chain analytics solutions, such as Power BI or SQL.

Additional Details

• Location: MN-Wayzata; Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.
• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.
• The expected salary for this position is $105,000-$130,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.

At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellnessto learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

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