Product Owner - Core & SGA Planning

Cargill • Shorewood, MN

22d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Product Owner – Core & SG&A Planning owns the business outcome, product direction, and day-to-day prioritization for Core & SG&A planning and forecasting activities within Cargill’s FP&A Capability. The role connects Finance strategy, process design, data requirements, user needs, and technology delivery to improve planning, forecasting, and related outcomes.

The position manages the request backlog, develops minimum viable products and product increments, and works with business and functional partners to identify needs aligned with the Capability strategy. It also provides thought leadership on scalability and global implementation, advises leadership and partners on business operations, and builds sustainable processes that support effective, efficient, and competitive operations and business performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 6 years of relevant work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in a Product model or owning a Product solution.

Responsibilities

• Manage the backlog of requests and identify strategic product and process requests for product development teams to implement.
• Improve communications with business and functional partners to uncover business needs aligned with the Capability strategy and deliver efficient solutions.
• Develop and implement minimum viable products and product increments that deliver business value, end-user value, and process improvement.
• Provide thought leadership on scalability and global implementation of product and process capabilities across regions, and lead coordinated operational improvement.
• Advise and influence the leadership team and multiple partners on enterprise or group business operations.
• Build and sustain processes for related products to support an effective, efficient, and competitive plant organization and operations footprint, enabling short- and long-term business performance objectives.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program, including medical and/or other benefits depending on the position offered and hours worked.
• Discretionary incentive award dependent on company and personal performance.
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior