Cargills size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to alternative fuel. Our 160000 colleagues operating in 70 countries make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargills agricultural supply chain business. We sit at the heart of the supply chain partnering with farmers and customers to source make and deliver essential products.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Performance Enablement Director will plan and coordinate all activities to execute the strategic implementation and maturity of production excellence processes including continuous improvement portfolio initiatives and management systems with a focus on driving operational performance and value capture across manufacturing this role you will manage a team in charge of key operational metrics related practices priorities and technologies and lead relevant projects in line with the defined strategy and goals.
Key Accountabilities
- Organize and maintain the deployment of production excellence processes within facilities to ensure successful and sustained process deployments and drive the improvement of key production excellence metrics to ensure successful and sustained outcomes.
- Maintain ongoing business relationships for production excellence process improvement and ensure consistent process standards across the organization to drive the use of data and analytics to increase operational intelligence to drive sustainable production efficiency.
- Execute operational and strategic plans throughout the assigned plants and lead the deployment of value capture portfolio and continuous improvement tools.
- Prioritize support and deploy leading practices and ensure proper implementation to drive process confirmation efforts including updates to communications on objectives performance measures issues and risks and align leading practice implementation to drive mature value creation processes.
- Establish implement and assess program effectiveness and overall business impact and track the performance to established goals and promote the long term sustainability of process improvement and methodologies and assist key leaders with interpreting data and metrics.
- Prepare administer and control the implementation of smart manufacturing and digital solutions in the production space and partner collaboratively with essential stakeholders to ensure alignment of tools and processes.
- Foster a culture that designs builds operates and maintains plants that are operationally sound safe and efficient by leveraging and championing leading operational practices and raises performance by monitoring key performance indicators of safety quality delivery cost and productivity.
- Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors coaching and making decisions related to talent management hiring performance and disciplinary actions. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of six years of related work experience
- Other minimum qualifications may apply
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Black belt certification
- Lean six sigma
- Operational excellence knowledge
- Project portfolio and governance skills from identifying and aligning value drivers to govern a portfolio
- Proficiency with spreadsheet and database applications and modeling tools
- Experience with management system and technical gap assessments and solution identification
- Three years of supervisory experience
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet.
The expected salary for this position is $ 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: learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions) .
Required Experience:
Director