Global Manufacturing Innovation Director

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.Job Purpose and Impact The Global Manufacturing Innovation Director will help identify, build, and deploy technical capability to support the strategic innovation needs for Cargill’s manufacturing footprint.  In this role, you will lead a dedicated global team applying engineering fundamentals to intelligent digital solutions in the areas of modeling, control & automation, simulation, and advanced analytics.  Your team will collaborate with the global Cargill research and development team and across our enterprises’ manufacturing teams to match technology solutions to the greatest challenges we face in nourishing a growing global population.  The subsequent innovations resulting from ensuring access to unique and distinctive technical capability, delivered by strong talent working together with our business stakeholders will enable significant value creation and help Cargill achieve our purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Key Accountabilities Partner with business leaders to leverage advanced technical skillsets to innovate by bringing new differentiated capabilities or using established capabilities to advance the business’s strategic priorities. Build strong functional working relationships, in collaboration with internal partners and external leading academics, institutes and companies to influence and drive areas of technical capability development and deployment. Achieve improvement targets by ensuring that technical capabilities are prioritized and deployed in a way to maximize the value capture for our businesses. Ensure programs, processes and control mechanisms comply with laws, regulations and company policies. Other duties as assigned Provide strategic leadership, development and talent management activities for direct reports and their organizations, which may include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and budgeting. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs. LI-AE3Qualifications Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in a related field  Minimum of eight years of related work experience, five years of supervisory experience Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree or PhD in a related field, specifically engineering  Deep understanding of Smart Technologies (e.g. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), AI and  machine learning, data analytics, and automation) and their applications in manufacturing Experience working in a global, matrixed organization Experience leading technical manufacturing and/or supply chain initiatives globally Demonstrated ability to influence and inspire team to foster a culture of innovation Demonstrated understanding and acumen of manufacturing processes Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.