Advisor Talent Management, Competencies & Skills

Position: Advisor, Performance & Talent Management, Competencies & Skills
Location: Wayzata

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well.

With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.

Location This role is based in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Job Purpose and Impact The Advisor, Performance & Talent Management, Competencies & Skills, creates the strategy, methodology and tools to effectively support teams across the organization in delivering an organization-wide strategy and perspective around how common and technical competencies enable core HR processes (e.g. development, goal setting, performance management, etc).  Additionally, this role will partner across various HR teams and enterprise/function partners to determine a future forward perspective on becoming a skills based organization.  

This role will design frameworks and processes to lead across the job architecture body of work, and that will instruct as to how competencies will increase performance of the organization's talent.

Key Accountabilities PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT:
Develops and deploys highly complex talent and performance management programs, methodologies, tools, approaches and processes for the organization's professional employees, including simple, fit for purpose succession planning and talent review and planning processes to identify high potential talent, facilitate discussions, provide top talent view and deliver overall talent insights to critical partners.

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION:
Establishes and implements standardized framework and methodology programs, defines standard methodologies and processes and identifies tools for effective team implementation to ensure relevant capabilities are deployed in a consistent and effective way across the organization.

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION:
Administers related processes, and ensures the development of senior and critical talent through methods such as capability gap diagnoses and development planning completion, as well as the operational execution of the related agenda as needed.

PROGRAM ANALYSIS:
Solicits quantitative and qualitative feedback from key collaborators and partners with key teams to drive continuous improvement, ensure alignment of talent practices and total rewards philosophy, promote high adoption of practices across the organization and build people manager capabilities in adopting talent management practices.

INTEGRATES DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:
Conducts analyses to assess alignment between intentional succession planned moves and business performance, and embeds diversity, equity and inclusion into all practices, programs and outcomes, including ongoing measurement to ensure equitable application and experiences.

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT:
Partners with key collaborators and provides expert guidance and consulting services to other members involved in team effectiveness initiatives, including consulting on indicators of team effectiveness, assessment tools and processes, and providing recommendations for improving team dynamics and performance, to ensure alignment and understanding of the capability and promote awareness and adoption of team effectiveness practices through effective communication and engagement.

TALENT & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT:
Supports the development of a forward looking talent strategy by researching…