Supply Chain Rotational Associate 2024

Your Role:

Connect to meaningful work. Feed the world. Achieve your higher purpose.

What if your ideas could nourish the world? As an associate, we transfer your knowledge and skills into profound experiences that positively impact our global community. From food to transportation, your innovative solutions, collaboration and dedication will evolve industries to take on tomorrow's greatest challenges. And that's just the beginning. Because when your skills meet our unrivaled network and breadth of opportunity, your career is without bounds. Join our community to realize the impact of your work, help people around the world and connect with something greater.

Supply Chain Rotational Associate Position:

Think about a career where you get to be a key player in optimizing Cargill’s coordinated Supply Chain. Your career path could take you to demand planning for a business, to implementation of key strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives, to partnering on coordinated business planning, and beyond. You will tackle real challenges, cultivate your curiosity, have client exposure, enjoy both personal and team accomplishments and have your initiative acknowledged along the way.

Your Work:

Program Highlights:

The Supply Chain Rotational Program is a two-year rotational program, with 6 months spent in each rotation. You will focus on developing the key skills and capabilities early in your career that are essential for progressing your career within Business Operations and Supply Chain (BOSC). Participants will receive real, immediately impactful, and diverse experiences. Throughout each rotation, you will have the opportunity to explore and develop your passion in an outstanding supply chain organization, while having a dedicated support system to ensure you are reaching your full potential.

The program allows you to rotate through areas such as, but not limited to: Agricultural Supply Chain, Animal Nutrition, Food & Bio, Protein & Salt, Transportation & Logistics, Supply Chain Excellence, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, and Planning. After successful completion of the two-year rotational program, you will be placed into a permanent position.

Programming Includes:

• Cohort experience: You will join the rotational program with other graduates onboarding and training together during a week-long training session. During your two years, you will participate in various activities together with your cohort. In addition, you may be assigned a cohort project where you will work together to solve a leader-nominated opportunity with high impact and visibility. These projects are based on business needs and timing.

• Virtual education and ongoing training: We offer monthly trainings on topics for a focused approach on development. You will also come together yearly for a week-long development session that focuses on expanding your knowledge, learning about yourself as a professional, and building leadership skills. Throughout these development sessions, you will build a network of connections with peers and leaders. We help participants understand how you fit into the organization.

• Mentor assignment: Broaden your perspective on career development, gain problem-solving insights, and enhance your ability to navigate the organizational culture with the aid of an assigned mentor.

Rotational Associate Program Benefits:

• Highly impactful rotational assignments with opportunity to be responsible for your work, influence others, and drive innovation.
• Competitive paid time off in addition to company holidays.
• We offer relocation benefits to associates who qualify (based on mileage).
• Associates are eligible for comprehensive health care plans and incentives.
• As employees, Rotational Associates receive access to our volunteer and community outreach opportunities and paid time off to participate in volunteer activities.
• Associates are offered retirement plans and registration assistance.

Our Benefits:

No matter who you are or where you are, we’ve designed our plans and programs to meet your needs. We want to help you take care of what’s needed for today and offer protection to help with tomorrow’s what-ifs.  You’ll have access to a wide variety of flexible and inclusive programs to meet your health, financial, and work/life needs to support you and help you thrive. Eligible programs and incentives include:

• Paid holidays and floating holidays
• Paid time off
• Comprehensive health care plans
• Short term and long-term incentives
• Mental Health and Wellbeing program
• Digital Learning Library
• Retirement plans
• Paid time to participate in volunteer and community outreach opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement programs
• Relocation benefits for those that qualify

Our Vibrant Community:

At Cargill, you will be a part of our vibrant global community with a culture that celebrates diversity. This is a reflection of the clients we serve and generates an intellectually diverse set of employees. Business Resource Groups (BRGs) help us embrace our diversity, make our culture more inclusive and enhance our employees’ outstanding talents and perspectives to benefit our organization and employees.

Our U.S. Business Resource Groups include:

Asian Alliance Network, Cargill Young Professionals Network, Cargill Ability Network (iCAN), Cargill Ebony Council, Group Responsible for Orienting and Welcoming (GROW), Hispanic-Latino Council, Cargill Pride Network, Veterans & Military Support Network, and Cargill Women’s Network.

Job Locations & Timing:

• Supply Chain Rotational Associates are typically based in Minneapolis, MN or Wichita, KS for the full duration of the program. However, there may be exceptions to this if opportunities present themselves.
• The Supply Chain Rotational Program will begin in June of 2024.
• Hybrid work schedule anticipated (some days in office and others from home).
• Corporate office setting.

Required Qualifications:

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited program in supply chain, procurement, finance, statistics, engineering, MIS, or other related business field graduating between December 2023 and May 2024
• Right to work in the U.S. that is not based solely on possession of a student visa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employer
• Ability to work optimally with individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures
• Willing and able to relocate
• Ability to contribute, both as part of a team and individually
• Strong communication skills – written and oral

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Ability to demonstrate a strong aptitude for business
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and make decisions independently
• Strong prioritization and problem solving skills, collaboration skills, verbal and written communication skills, and information research and gathering skills