Corporate Strategy Senior Associate

Job Summary

Cargill is seeking an individual to perform market analyses to grow Cargill’s Agriculture & Trading, Food, and Animal Nutrition lines of business. The successful candidate will analyze competitor market shares, identify new opportunities, and develop and test hypotheses.

Responsibilities

• Analyze competitor market shares and identify new opportunities in Agriculture & Trading, Food, and Animal Nutrition lines of business.
• Develop and test hypotheses, qualitative and quantitative data gathering and analysis working towards feasible solutions.
• Research conditions in local, regional, national, or online markets and gather information to determine potential for organic or inorganic growth opportunities.
• Plan and structure work in support of team leaders and overall project management.
• Prepare written and verbal communications, including storyline development and executive presentation preparation with clear insights and crisp recommendations.
• Collaborate with business partners in order to capture information and build consensus for recommendations.
• Project manage cross-functional teams to drive accountability for outcomes, leaning in to overcome roadblocks and solve problems when critical organizational initiatives go off-track.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Marketing, Data Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics or a related quantitative field and 2 years of related work experience in the food and agriculture industry; OR Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Data Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics or a related quantitative field and 5 years of related work experience in the food and agriculture industry.
• Must have 2 years of experience in each of the following: Conducting stakeholder interviews to gather data on market trends and operational challenges; Delivering verbal presentations to senior leadership, including explaining core findings, making recommendations, and facilitating discussion to understand reactions, questions, and next steps; Utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint and Power BI to develop presentation materials that communicate data-driven insights and strategic recommendations; and Utilizing Microsoft Excel to analyze data and build financial or other quantitative models.

Qualifications

• Telecommuting permitted one day per week.
• Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, $160,000.10 per year.
• At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Skills

• Market analysis skills
• Data analysis and modeling skills
• Stakeholder interview skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Project management skills
• Microsoft PowerPoint and Power BI proficiency
• Microsoft Excel proficiency

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked.

Pay

• $160,000.10 per year

Schedule

• Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week

Equal Opportunity Employer

• including Disability/Vet.