Smart Manufacturing & Supply Chain Product Manager
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Job Location:
Minneapolis, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 Smart Manufacturing & Supply Chain Product Manager is accountable for defining delivering and continuously improving a portfolio of technology products digital data analytics automation and AI - creating measurable business value in Manufacturing & Supply Chain. This role represents the voice of the customer and the business translating needs into clear product strategies roadmaps and prioritized backlogs that guide cross-functional delivery teams.
In this role you will partner closely with businessand enterprisestakeholdersOperationsDigital Technology & Data Data & Analytics and AI Hub teamstoidentifyopportunities across digital automation analytics and AI domains. You will lead products from discovery through delivery and sustainment ensuring alignment to strategicobjectives financial outcomes and user needs while driving adoption and long-term value realization.
Key Accountabilities
- Own product strategy from ideation through delivery adoption and continuous improvement with clear articulation of business value and user outcomes.
- Translate business needs into a clear product vision roadmap and backlog balancing near-term priorities with long-term strategic direction.
- Partner with stakeholders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) success measures and return on investment using data to track and communicate progress.
- Prioritize backlog items based on business value customer impact risk and dependencies enabling effective sequencing of development work.
- Serve as the primary point of contact with the Oilseeds processing operations teams leading the development and improvement of the Smart Manufacturing portfolio/pipeline.
- Build technology solutions and partner collaborativelywithcross-functionalteams indatatechnology digital analytics and AItomeet operationsrequirementsensuringsolutions arefeasible scalable and aligned withcompanystandards.
- Establish clear deliverables for projects and develop project charters protocols and reports to effectively planexecuteand document the related work using project management skills and tools.
- Drive business readiness and adoption working closely with change management and operational teams to ensure successful implementation and sustained value.
- Identifyrisks dependencies and constraints early proactively recommending mitigation strategies and trade-off decisions.
- Provide thought leadership in product management practices market trends and emerging technologies relevant to the product domain.
- Support continuous improvement of product ways of working including agile practices customer feedback loops and outcome-based delivery.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 46 years of relevant experience in product management product ownership digital delivery or related roles
- Working knowledge of agile values frameworks and metrics
- Experience translating business requirements into prioritized product backlogs and deliverables
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups
- Ability to travel 10-20%
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing digital data analyticsautomationor AIproductsapplied to operations environment
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data to inform prioritization and decision-making
- Experience supporting technology-enabled business transformation or change initiatives
- Product management or agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner Scrum)
- Exposure to manufacturing supply chain or complex enterprise environments
- Familiarity with tools for productroad mapping backlog management and performance tracking
- Experience with Phyton general coding GenAIand agentic AI
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Inventory Control
- Procurement
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- SAP Supply Chain Management
- Production Planning
- Supplier Management
- ERP Systems
- Materials Management
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- MRP
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
