Plant Product Lead

Plant Product 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.

The Plant Product Lead will focus on business priorities to support long-term supply chain strategies and business goals. In this role, you will help set and monitor key integrated operations performance indicators including yields, through puts, and cost to serve data, as well as coordinate cross functional work teams to increase effectiveness of supply chain initiatives.

• Gather and maintain accurate and up to date production data, including product BOMs, yield performance, and throughput metrics.
• Provide key inputs to the supply planner to support integrated business planning processes.
• Work closely with business partners to cost new items and evaluate cost impacts for changes to existing products.
• Deliver direct data and analysis to inform operations, production scheduling, production planning, and material requirements planning targets.
• Independently manage complex operational issues with minimal supervision, escalating only the most critical matters to senior staff.
• Perform additional responsibilities and cross functional tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience