Innovation Farm Operations & Data Enablement Manager

Location:

Tolono, IL, USA, 61880

Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level

Workplace Type:
On-Site

Job Type: Full Time

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values:
We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.

Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, providing full-acre solutions through our network of trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with the most sustainable solutions possible, offering a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands:
Loveland Products, Inc.;
Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions.

Innovation Farm Operations & Data Enablement Manager is responsible for connecting enterprise data, field operations, agronomy, and digital supply chain capabilities to drive informed decision-making, operational excellence, and business transformation.

This role serves as a strategic partner across Agronomy, Operations, Supply Chain, Retail, Fleet, Digital, and IT teams, enabling the effective use of data, technology, and insights to improve performance and accelerate the vision of the innovation farms of the future. Through influence, collaboration, and subject matter expertise, the position identifies opportunities to improve processes, unlock new business value, and drive enterprise adoption of digital capabilities.

• Model our core value of safety by enabling a culture in which you are actively contributing to a safe work environment
• Partner with appropriate teams to maintain reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and decision-support tools.
• Identify trends, opportunities, and risks that improve business performance and customer outcomes.
• Support leadership with data-driven recommendations and strategic analysis.
• Lead stewardship of enterprise agronomic and operational data repositories.
• Establish standards, governance practices, and processes that improve data quality, accessibility, consistency, and integrity for the innovation farms.
• Enable seamless integration and movement of field data across business systems and platforms.
• Partner with field operations, retail, and agronomy teams to optimize digital workflows and operational processes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline work execution, reduce manual processes, and improve consistency across locations.
• Support development of digital supply chain capabilities through integrated data and workflow solutions at the innovation farms.
• Improve transparency from field activity through fulfillment, reconciliation, and performance measurement.
• Support enterprise trial and innovation programs through data collection, analysis, and insight generation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, digital capabilities, and operational improvement opportunities.
• Translate trial results and field learnings into scalable business solutions and best practices.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency,…