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 food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products. 

Job Purpose and Impact

The Plant Operations Associate Director, Mill & Feed will provide strategic operational guidance and direction for all production and operating facilities with moderate presence in multiple regions or with a moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance within our Corn Milling facility at our Dayton, OH location.

Key AccountabilitiesImplement and monitor employee and product safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals for a most complex plant.Accountable for all internal and external operating and regulatory procedures on employee and product 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.Monitor general operations and maintenance of plant equipment and executes on operational priorities for a most complex plant or multiple plants and monitors operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standards requirements are met within specifications.Prepares, administers and controls capital and operating budgets for a most complex plant to achieve short and medium term financial performance objectives set by the business and ensure accountability for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.Accountable for the overall operational management of a most complex plant to implement operational efficiency improvements including standardization of plant information manufacturing systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence and maintenance and operators best practices.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.Travel up to 5%Other duties as assigned

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QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experienceMinimum of six years of related work experience

Preferred QualificationsThree years of supervisory experienceReliability and asset management experienceSafety and quality ownership experienceBudgeting and operations planning experienceCorn milling experienceUnion plant environment experienceDigital fluency and acumenPOSITION DETAILSLocation is Dayton, OH; Relocation support may be providedThere are also some events that might need to work on the weekends and on-call

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet