Senior Marketing Communications & Operations Manager - Pork & Poultry

Cargill•Wayzata, MN

About The Position

This position is in Cargill's specialized portfolio enterprise, serving diverse businesses that support unique customers or markets. The Senior Marketing Communications & Operations Manager - Pork & Poultry will lead integrated brand, marketing communications, demand generation, and AI-enabled marketing operations for the Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health Pork and Poultry businesses. This role has strategic influence across the broader North America business unit. The manager will translate business strategy into market-facing programs to build brand strength, accelerate customer engagement, and equip the sales team to win. They will also lead AI, automation, and process improvement initiatives to scale marketing effectiveness. Collaboration with sales, technical teams, business leadership, and agency partners is key to delivering integrated marketing activities that drive profitable growth and meaningful customer experiences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, Agriculture, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Minimum of four years of related marketing experience, including B2B brand and integrated marketing leadership
Demonstrated experience leading integrated marketing programs and product launches
Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools and marketing automation platforms in a professional marketing context

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA or marketing-related)
Experience in animal health, animal nutrition, or agricultural industries
Experience leading product launches and developing sales enablement programs in B2B settings
Seven years or more of related marketing experience, including B2B brand and integrated marketing leadership
Experience designing and implementing AI-enabled marketing workflows, content automation, or brand compliance systems
Proficiency with marketing technology platforms (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Power BI, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva)
Demonstrated cross-functional leadership across sales, technical, and business teams
Experience managing marketing budgets and agency/vendor partnerships
Experience with marketing performance measurement and ROI optimization

Responsibilities

Develop and lead brand strategy, product portfolio positioning, and value propositions for the Pork and Poultry businesses, ensuring marketing strategy aligns with commercial objectives and customer decision journeys.
Plan, execute, and measure integrated marketing programs across the Pork and Poultry businesses through digital, content, social, events, video, and traditional channels to build brand awareness, accelerate customer engagement, and support pipeline goals across the buyer journey.
Lead the design, build, and continuous optimization of AI-enabled marketing systems including content automation workflows, brand compliance infrastructure, and AI-augmented operational tooling to scale marketing output, improve consistency, reduce time-to-market, and free strategic capacity across the broader marketing organization.
Partner with sales, technical, category, and commercial leadership across both businesses to translate business strategy into sales tools, product positioning, content, and objection-handling resources that drive pipeline and accelerate win rates.
Assess marketing maturity across assigned businesses and develop foundational capabilities, processes, and tooling where needed to ensure consistent strategic and operational marketing support across the Pork and Poultry portfolios.
Manage external vendors and agency partners, oversee marketing budget allocation and ROI, and establish performance measurement frameworks to optimize marketing effectiveness, resource allocation, and program evolution.
Serve as a marketing thought partner to business leadership and broader marketing team members, contributing to strategic decision-making and offering informal coaching and mentorship on integrated marketing best practices, AI fluency, and brand activation.
Independently handle complex marketing issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned.