Process Improvement Specialist

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We partner with producers and customers to source, make, and deliver products that are vital for living. This position is in our Food Enterprise, serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with innovative ingredients and branded products including poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa, and chocolate.

About the role

The Process Improvement Specialist - Liquor establishes quality standards for products and processes and suggests modifications to prevent defects in components or final products. You will collaborate with multifunctional teams to identify and mitigate quality or food safety risks, address customer requirements and concerns, and participate in audits.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements of processes, raw materials, and suppliers within food safety, quality, regulatory, and operational parameters.
• Address customer requirements and concerns and collaborate on audits.
• Conduct root cause analysis for defects, nonconformities, or other quality failures and drive corrective and preventative action through completion.
• Ensure compliance with product specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, escalating more complex issues as needed.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement projects from concept to completion, ensuring timely execution, stakeholder alignment, and achievement of operational and business performance goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience; typically reflects 3 years or more.

Preferred Qualifications

• Chocolate or cocoa liquor experience.
• HACCP experience.
• Quality testing experience: Fat analysis (NIR), fineness analysis.
• Lean Six Sigma training and project completion with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Experience with systems such as Pi, Power BI, and SAP.

Location

This position is located in Mount Joy, PA; relocation support may be provided.