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Cargill Plant Manager in Milford, Indiana

Cargill’s 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 160,000 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 Cargill’s 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 Plant Manager will provide strategic operational oversight for all production operating facility with a moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facility accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness, and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

  • Ensures employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented.

  • Accountable for all internal and external operating and regulatory procedures on employee, food and feed safety including strategic and tactical execution in alignment with corporate environment, health and safety and food safety, quality, and regulatory functions as well as government regulations.

  • Establish and deploy operational priorities for a single plant with moderate complexity.

  • Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.

  • Leads, directs, and controls capital and operating budgets for a single plant or multiple plants with moderate complexity to achieve medium term outlook financial performance objectives set by the business.

  • Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.

  • Oversee the overall operational management and implement operational efficiency improvements which may include standardization of plant information manufacturing systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence and maintenance and operators best practices.

  • Lead and develop a team, coach, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Position Information.

  • This position is posted internally as well as externally.

  • Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.

  • This position is located in Milford, Indiana.

  • The work schedule is: Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. There are also some events that might need to work on the weekends and on call.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent experience.

  • Minimum one year of directly related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • One year of supervisory experience.

  • Lean six sigma knowledge, training, or certification.

  • Experience with SAP system.

  • Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Teams, etc.).

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Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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