R&D Manager, Process Technology
Company: Land O'Lakes
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Join Land O'Lakes, Inc., and help us bring food from farmer to
fork, building vibrant communities along the way. We're a global,
Fortune 250 company and a farmer-owned cooperative, which means we
work for one another-not Wall Street. We're proud to rank a Top
Workplace. We offer:
- Competitive compensation and rewards
- Best-in-class healthcare for you and your family
- Powerful savings programs
- Training and career progressionR&D Manager, Process
TechnologyProvides broad strategic leadership for all technical and
management related activities for the R&D Process Technology
Team across Dairy Foods R&D. - Leadership influence extends
cross-functionally, across business units and throughout R&D
driving robust process technology solutions that enables Land O'
Lakes to exceed growth and sustainability goals and deliver cost
savings. - Influences broader organization resource strategy and
requirements related to the Process Technology team.Key
Deliverables:
- Leads talent and performance management activities with their
employees. Ensures that employees maintain correct scientific,
innovation & technology skills through training and experience
- Provides strong guidance to the team and removes project
hurdles to allow for successful execution
- Influences broader organizational strategies; identifies and
optimizes opportunities to build capabilities and structure for the
future
- Develops and implements margin enhancement strategy through the
lens of Dairy Foods R&D and connects the strategy to broader
organizational goals and/or roadmaps
- Applies business, customer, and industry knowledge to influence
and consult on business improvement opportunities and technology
solutions
- Develops best practices and drives continuous improvement
through process optimization or technology
- Manages the financial and human capital resource decisions for
Process Technology budgeting and planning
- Stays up to date on market trends and identifies long term
strategic direction for the Land O'Lakes R&D Process Technology
-platform
- Participates in the prioritization of projects and ensures
adequate staffing and/or tools to execute projects
- Identifies and/or participates in sustainability workstreams
across the Dairy Foods organizationRequired Experience/Education
- Typically possesses minimum of 7 years of relevant work
experience in technical or functional area, which includes minimum
3 years managing people.
- Typically holds a bachelor's degree in relevant field of study
from an accredited university. - Master's degree is
preferred.Desired Competencies & Skills:
- Experience in Dairy products and processing
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently and
drive results through ambiguity
- Deep understanding of levers to pull to drive margin
enhancement
- Ability to lead, delegate and drive results through matrixed
teams
- Experience assessing project risk and establishing mitigation
solutions
- Strong people leadership including guidance, encouragement,
development, and coaching -
- Ability to empower your team and employees in creative
ways
- Strong sense of curiosity and willingness to challenge status
quo
- Experience leading new product, process, and technology
development from plant trials through scale-up
- Experience with statistical process capability and control
principles
- Strong cross-functional and organizational communication
skills; ability to deliver complex messaging to non-technical
partners -Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce,
including pre- and post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant
to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search
firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information
over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like
this, please do not provide the information being requested. -
-Land O'Lakes endeavors to make Landolakesinc.com accessible to any
and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the
accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the
application process, please contact the HR Solution Center at
844-LOL-HR4U (844-565-4748) M-F 8:00am-4:30pm CT.
Keywords: Land O'Lakes, St. Paul , R&D Manager, Process Technology, IT / Software / Systems , Saint Paul, Minnesota
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