What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advisor, Product Line - Prepared Foods position at Cargill?
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 Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Product Line Lead will provide product line vision, lead key projects and oversee the product portfolio and project portfolio to ensure best in class strategies on value creation for both the organization and customers. In this role, you will be key in the growth drivers of priority businesses and define strategic priorities to grow margin and volume. You will work on connecting the identified opportunities with a relevant portfolio and link with other projects and initiatives to ensure alignment to the overall organizational strategy. You will partner with teams to create and implement business plans, optimize the product portfolio and bring new products, services and solutions to the markets and drive value proposition development
Key Accountabilities
Minimum Qualifications
At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).
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Position Information
Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
Location: Wayzata, MN or Wichita, KS
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Product Line Lead will provide product line vision, lead key projects and oversee the product portfolio and project portfolio to ensure best in class strategies on value creation for both the organization and customers. In this role, you will be key in the growth drivers of priority businesses and define strategic priorities to grow margin and volume. You will work on connecting the identified opportunities with a relevant portfolio and link with other projects and initiatives to ensure alignment to the overall organizational strategy. You will partner with teams to create and implement business plans, optimize the product portfolio and bring new products, services and solutions to the markets and drive value proposition development
Key Accountabilities
- Partner collaboratively in defining strategic priorities including markets, growth drivers, portfolio, capabilities and investments of the product and of priority businesses.
- Provide product line insights required to drive strategy on innovation and business support and create and implement marketing plans for new products, services and solutions from the global team to support growth drivers.
- Collaborate in the development and partner in the implementation of business plans to successfully bring the product portfolio to market.
- Manage the product projects portfolio and define priorities, strategy, balance long and short term and high and low risk and overall fit to the strategy.
- Ensure that best practices are in place for project management and establish and implement clear metrics and tracking systems for the portfolio.
- Partner collaboratively in the development of commercial talents and business-related capabilities.
- Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide directions to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of six years of related work experience
- Experience with finance, including handling budgets and business decision metrics
- Experience in go to market, including leading projects, handling resources, preparing launches and tracking results
- Understand how to develop and bring creative innovations to market, mastering value proposition and value capture strategies
- Advanced skills with word processing and spreadsheet applications
- Commercial experience working in a high growth business
- Knowledge of retail and/or foodservice channels
At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).
Your Benefits | Cargill
Position Information
Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
Location: Wayzata, MN or Wichita, KS
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
Salary : $140,000 - $195,000