Sr. Director, North America Operations
About The Position
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence. Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, providing full-acre solutions through our network of trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with the most sustainable solutions possible, offering a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands: Loveland Products, Inc.; Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services. Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Business, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field required
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within agriculture, retail operations, supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, or related industries
- Demonstrated experience leading multi-location operations across large geographic regions
- Proven track record managing capital planning processes, large-scale infrastructure investments, and asset optimization initiatives
- Experience working closely with finance teams on business case development, capital justification, ROI analysis, and DCF modeling
- Strong understanding of operational excellence principles, continuous improvement methodologies, and process optimization
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority in a matrixed organization
- Knowledge of safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements within agriculture, retail, logistics, distribution, or industrial operations
- Experience supporting large-scale organizational transformation, integration, or network optimization initiatives preferred
- Strategic thinker capable of translating long-term vision into executable operational plans
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage field teams, executive leadership, and corporate functions
- Demonstrated ability to drive accountability and execution across diverse teams
- Data-driven decision maker with strong analytical and financial capabilities
- Collaborative leader who builds alignment across operations, finance, capital, procurement, supply chain, fleet, and safety functions
- Ability to prioritize competing initiatives while maintaining focus on safety, customer service, and profitability
Nice To Haves
- MBA preferred
- Experience supporting large-scale organizational transformation, integration, or network optimization initiatives
Responsibilities
- Region/Division alignment with North American Retail (NAR) initiatives
- Partner with Region/Division teams to cascade and provide direction on NAR-wide initiatives
- Manage overall operational processes within NAR network to drive process efficiency and profitability
- Provide support to SHE teams on all NAR-wide safety initiatives
- Work directly with key back office teams to drive alignment and field support for key projects
- Partner with Director, Downstream Capital on NAR capital projects and directives ensuring NAR alignment with Nutrien-wide capital governance
- Represent NAR as part of the five-year planning process
- Partner with Region Managers and Division teams to establish support and justification for large capital requests prior to submission to Capital team
- Work with Region Finance teams on capital projects requiring additional financial analysis, DCFs and other supporting information
- Execute NAR’s annual and long term (5-7 year) capital planning process through partnership with Region Operations Managers and Region/Division teams
- Ensure consistency of requests through use of tools established by the Capital teams
- Establish NAR-wide project pipeline for long term capital budgeting
- Ensure asset standards set by Capital Team(s) are maintained by NAR network
- Work directly with Fleet leadership teams on NAR-wide fleet initiatives, planning processes and project execution
- Support One Nutrien initiatives through evaluation and optimization of NAR network and assets
- Partner with Business Optimization team to identify correct placement, management and oversight assets to support both NAS and overall Nutrien objectives
- Creation/communication/execution of expense reduction goals and initiatives
- Monthly review of field expenses with Finance teams to ensure goals are being met
- Optimization of NAR inventory positions through partnership with Warehousing, Supply Chain, Procurement and Finance teams
- Partner with and provide direction to Region Operations Managers to align goals, processes and initiatives across NAR
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance
- Disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week
- Retirement program with generous matching employer contributions
- Paid vacation, sick days and holidays
- Paid personal and maternity/parental leaves
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Eligible to participate in annual incentive plan and long-term incentive plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
