Plant Manager

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world.
This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve lives through better nutrition.
Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.
Job Purpose and Impact As Plant Manager you will provide strategic operational oversight for all production and operations processes for Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health plant in Milton, WI.
In this role, you will be responsible for Cargill plant standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness, and financial performance – including building culture and structure to support people management, process control & improvement, and continuous improvement.
Key Accountabilities KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Oversee all operations and processes, ensuring teams are following policies and procedures related to employee, feed safety and environmental compliance.
Lead a team culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and reliability excellence.
Set and deploy operational strategies for the plant enforcing common reliability processes and metrics to achieve targeted results from continuous improvement.
Ensure ongoing review of key performance indicators with focus on site operational targets.
Partners with environment, health and safety, food safety and quality, engineering, logistics, planning and inventory control teams, to identify the most effective approach for implementing and monitoring corporate safety policies and procedures.
Partner with customers and oversee production outcomes for quantity and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.
Partner collaboratively with centers of excellence including, but not limited to engineering and plant management, to provide input into the development of plant capital investment strategies.
Accountable for the implementation of non-base capital investments for a major production area or for multiple departments, processes and shifts.
Develops and oversees operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes.
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Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
Other duties as assigned.
#LI-HS1 Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR in lieu of a degree, previous related work experience Experience with budgeting and operational planning Minimum of four years of related work experience PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Previous supervisory experience Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.