Transportation Technology Product Consultant

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Location

This role will be based in Wayzata, Minnesota or Wichita, Kansas.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Transportation Technology Product Consultant will be responsible to provide leadership and develop sustainable lifecycle strategies including setting the vision and building a strong relationship with key executive/spend owners and resolve cross functional challenges. In this role you will:

• Own the CPT strategy behind a product, establish a vision for the product and discover problems, opportunities, and solutions.
• Coordinate work done by many other functions and ultimately responsible for the business success of the product.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, analyze markets, define objectives, and key results.
• Own the lifecycle of the product: Build, Test, Deploy, Sustain (enhancements and updates), and Decommission (when appropriate).
• Have a solid understanding of the Transportation capability strategy, the Global Source to Pay process design, and Transportation Technology landscape related to your product or platform.
• Act as the go-to person for requests related to your product. This implies understanding of the product strategy and solution from discovery to delivery.
• Identify business value and end user outcomes including key performance indicators and financial return on investment.
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• PRODUCT STRATEGY & DELIVERY: Owns product strategy and solution from discovery to delivery, and identifies business value and end user outcomes including key performance indicators and financial return on investment.
• BACKLOG MANAGEMENT: Maintains prioritization and refinement of the product backlog, deciding what to build and when, partnering with teams to estimate features, define requirements and collaborate on a product roadmap based on the team's capacity.
• PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Serves as a product functional owner, bringing new technology and data products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs, preparing return on investment analyses and addressing product team questions.
• MARKET INSIGHTS: Analyzes market and competitive conditions to pave a clear path toward the business value of the product and make that clear to the team that serves the customer.
• PRODUCT VIABILITY ASSESSMENT: Analyzes and addresses the critical product risks including value, usability, feasibility and business viability.
• PRODUCT PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION: Uses quantitative and qualitative data for detailed analysis to identify what to build or optimize.
• ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS: Adheres to environmental contributions and sustainability goals of the organization while supporting the implementation and visibility of standard methodologies, processes and continuous improvement related to the product across the enterprise or group.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
• Understanding and experience working with transportation delivery processes and technologies.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated business acumen with the ability to understand and apply financial, operational, and strategic insights.
• Experience navigating and leading through change and working within uncertainty.
  
  

Additional Information

Compensation

The expected salary for this position is $120-140K. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.

Benefits

Full-Time (30 hours) positions are eligible for a benefit package including the following (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions): Paid time off; paid holidays; medical, vision, and dental coverage; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; disability insurance; retirement savings; employee and family assistance program (EAP)

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.