Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Production Planner plays a critical role within our Manufacturing and Supply Chain organization, serving as a key connector between demand, capacity, and execution. This role is responsible for converting the long-term demand plan into a monthly supply plan designed to support high service levels and unconstrained customer demand, while balancing cost, capacity, and operational constraints.

Beyond technical planning responsibilities, this role requires strong leadership and influence to guide cross-functional teams through the complexity required to translate plans into actionable weekly and daily execution. The Senior Production Planner leads through ambiguity, disruption, and change, and is relied upon as a primary problem solver during supply chain or operational disruptions. Success in this role requires the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-pressure environments while building trusted relationships across plant leadership, sales, and supply chain partners.

Key Accountabilities

Convert long-term demand plans into monthly and weekly master production plans that enable effective material planning, staffing alignment, and operational execution.
Serve as a core contributor and leader within the Cargill Integrated Business Planning (CIBP) process, providing insight into 12-24 month demand versus capacity outlooks, identifying risks and opportunities, and developing actionable recommendations.
Lead analysis and decision-making related to capacity constraints, over- or under-utilization, overtime, support feed, and network balancing to optimize service and cost performance.
Actively evaluate manufacturing network performance and identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce changeovers, optimize run strategies, and improve overall manufacturing efficiency.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with plant leadership, sales teams, and cross-functional partners to align priorities and drive execution.
Serve as a key problem solver during supply chain, operational, or planning disruptions, often leading efforts to resolve complex and time-sensitive situations that may involve high levels of ambiguity or urgency.
Engage closely with plant teams at both a tactical and strategic level, translating plans into clear, actionable direction and ensuring understanding and alignment.
Provide direct input into master production planning metrics, targets, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Independently manage complex issues with minimal supervision, escalating only the most critical or enterprise-impacting decisions as appropriate.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Minimum of 4 years of progressive experience in production planning, supply planning, master scheduling, or a closely related supply chain role.
Ability to travel up to 15%

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated experience managing complex planning environments with multiple variables, competing priorities, and tight timelines.
Advanced experience in master production planning, integrated business planning, or end-to-end supply chain planning within a manufacturing environment.
Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams through complex or disruptive situations.
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear recommendations.
Experience working in high-change, fast-paced environments where service level, cost, and operational performance are closely balanced.
Proficiency in SAP, with hands-on experience supporting production planning, capacity planning, or execution-related processes.
Experience leveraging SAP IBP or similar planning tools to evaluate demand-versus-capacity scenarios, identify risks and opportunities, and support decision-making across a multi-month horizon.
Ability to use data visualization and analytics tools such as Tableau and/or Power BI to analyze trends, communicate insights, and support leadership decision-making.
Familiarity with using advanced digital tools, including AI-enabled or language-based tools, to support analysis, scenario evaluation, or communication in a professional setting.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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