Description

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Plant Manager will provide strategic operational oversight for all production and operating process for a single plant or multiple plants with moderate complexity. In this role, you will oversee 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 or multiple plants 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.

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Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Lean six sigma
• Two years of supervisory experience

Position Details

• Location: Swanton, VT; Relocation assistance may be provided for this role
• Schedule is typically days, Monday - Friday, though there are some events that might be needed outside of normal business hours and weekends
• The pay range for this position is $115,000/year - $130,000/year
• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet