Description

Corteva Agriscience is seeking an experienced leader to be responsible for the effective and profitable management of our Princeton IL Production Facility. This exciting opportunity will allow you to further develop several skills including overseeing field,plant, safety, continuous improvement, maintenance, and administration at one of our strategic production sites. As the Production Location Manager, you will plan for and mobilize resources needed to develop high quality seed on-time to meet delivery and stock transport schedules. Come grow your career with Corteva Agriscience in Princeton, IL!

Who are we, and what do we do?
Corteva Agriscience creates the world’s most recognized and premium agricultural solutions to address the greatest challenges in agriculture. With a focus on technology, Corteva Agriscience creates seed and crop protection products that increase productivity and profit for farmers while reducing risks to their business. Every day our digital tools deliver insights our global partners need to thrive now and into the future.
As the world’s first dedicated agriculture start-up, we’re building a culture that stays curious, thinks differently, acts boldly and takes a stand on what’s right for our customers, our co-workers, our partners and our planet. We know we’ve got big challenges to solve – we hope you’ll be part of the solution. Whether you are in the lab or on the farm, teaching classes or crafting code – we need bold thinkers and fearless leaders to bring their best to the job at hand. Every role at Corteva Agriscience™ includes an opportunity to grow what matters.

What You’ll Do:

• Operations Management: Manage a significant growing and operational area with organizational structures and jobs designed to meet results.
• Organize, clarify, and manage goals and priorities. Plans, aligns, ensures accountability, communicates effectively, manages complexity, and optimizes work processes.
• Leadership & Direction:
  
  • Communicate the actions needed to implement the function’s strategy and business plan within the team, explain the relationship to the broader organization’s mission, vision, and values, motivate staff and develop workforce plans to determine future needs, how to best source candidates, etc.
  • Attract and retain qualified workers leverage and value individual differences and talents and manage work teams effectively.
  • Performance management and development process utilized to coach and provide feedback to employees. Continuous improvement, open communication, recognizing and rewarding achievements, and resolving conflicts.

• Health, Safety & Environment: Ensure business activities and individuals (e.g. employees, contractors, and visitors) within the area of responsibility adhere to the organization’s safety policies, procedures & programs to safeguard the environment, protect the wellbeing of individuals and minimize business risk.
• Financial and Budgeting: Achievement of annual plan and budget business targets. This includes, but is not limited to, identifying, and interpreting local issues and trends, developing production and workforce projections, and developing and submitting capital and operational budgets for approval. Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions. Makes well-balanced decisions regarding expenditures that take into account multiple considerations.
• Effective grower support: Local optimization and on-time completion of production plans. Achievement of quality plan standards and maintain high productivity. Good working relationships with others including growers, contract conditioners, local permitting agencies, crop improvement agencies, vendors, supply chain and production contacts, etc.
• Community Relations and Customer Focus: Positive community relations maintained via coordination and participation in public relations activities. Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer centric solutions. Sale and use of Corteva products promoted whenever possible.
• Compliance and Quality Assurance: Compliance with federal and state regulations (e.g., OSHA, EPA, Labor Laws, etc.). Compliance with production operations, company policies and guidelines. Input into production operations policies and guidelines. Adherence to Quality Plan, including assuring up-to-date quality system documentation is maintained. Plant & field policies and standard operating procedures (e.g., work hours, allocation of acreage, etc.) developed and implemented.

Qualifications

What Skills You Need:

• BA or BS (or equivalent), in operations, agriculture business or engineering
• 5-10 years progressive experience in manufacturing environment and supervisory experience
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated application of human resources / people management practices
• Ability to lead leaders and influence/collaborate cross-functionally
• Demonstrated application of Lean production principles
• Demonstrated application of advanced maintenance concepts, Root Cause Failure Analysis, and risk-based reliability methodology
• Demonstrated application of change management principles

*Please note there is NO visa sponsorship available for this position.

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here – Corteva Benefits
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.