Regional Credit Lead

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 CASC (Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain) Regional Credit Lead Internal will provide leadership and visibility of key credit exposures and risks for Agricultural Supply Chain for North America and South America. In this role, you will influence timely and strategic decisions on credit risk and will ensure effective processes and an efficient structure in place to meet the needs of the business in order to measure new risks and generate insights while leading strategic credit initiatives for the enterprise. As the co-lead credit risk partner for the enterprise, you will work with business leaders on their strategic growth goals and maintain independence. You will be engaged with the broader credit risk leadership team as co-lead on global improvement efforts, strategic credit initiatives and review of large limits and collaborate with the market risk team on measurement of mark to market risk and market trends and provide periodic updates to financial stakeholders on key credit risks and progress on initiatives.Key Accountabilities Ensure effective credit standards, policies, procedures and limits as well as appropriate stress and scenario testing and analysis of the credit portfolio are in place and aligned across the organization.Review and assess credit exposures as well as any credit limit breaches and provide group enterprise and leadership stakeholders with a proactive credit view that highlights key credit risk and trends.Identify opportunities to improve the management of credit exposure across the enterprise including options to better mitigate financial exposures and risk.Partner collaboratively with reporting stakeholders to review and assess material credit reserves to ensure appropriate reflection of exposures and assess if changes are needed.Act as the lead contact or escalation point for relationships with counterparties and other business partners which include but are not limited to customers, suppliers, other credit teams, other internal enterprises and functions.Partner with analysts and credit risk stakeholders to ensure optimal approach to risk and reward analysis and ensure alignment to the corporate approach.Ensure an optimal credit process approach and delivery model within the business and understand and proactively manage our risks by collaborating with relevant internal trade and Credit Leadership partners to design and align key processes at a corporate level.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.Voting member of Cargill Risk Committee Credit Sub-CommitteeOther duties as assigned#LI-BG1#FBGQualifications Minimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experienceCredit, market risk or finance experienceMinimum of six years of related work experienceOther minimum qualifications may applyPreferred QualificationsThree years of supervisory experienceKnowledge and familiarity with global trading as well as commercial processes and traded and derivative products including futures, options and swaps and execution and clearing on global marketsExperience working in a physical commodity trading environmentWorking knowledge of risk mitigation strategies, including letters of credit, factoring, trade credit insuranceEqual Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.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.