Director, Application Development Manufacturing Supply Chain Production Planning and Scheduling

Job Description

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Director, Application Development - Manufacturing Supply Chain Production Planning and Scheduling job leads the team responsible for maintaining, integrating and implementing software applications within the organization. This job manages and provides guidance on software application testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation and support to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of new software and updates to installed applications.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to multiple engineering teams within MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN (MSC) Production Planning & Scheduling by embedding modern software engineering practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, and CI / CD pipelines.
• Champion the adoption and continuous improvement of SDLC processes tailored to MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN (MSC)’s capability-aligned product portfolios, ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient application delivery.
• Support the transformation of MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN (MSC) Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling DT&D into a product-centric operating model by establishing clear end-to-end ownership frameworks for applications—from ideation through decommissioning.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Digital Leads and Capability Owners to co-develop technology roadmaps that reflect both regional business needs and global capability maturity.
• Ensure that application rationalization, portfolio governance, and investment planning are executed with transparency and aligned to strategic goals.
• APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT & DEPLOYMENT : Provides broad oversight for release management processes and the programming, configuration, testing and deployment of fixes or updates for application version releases.
• USER COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT : Establishes an open channel of communication with users and provides broad oversight and guidance on application support requests and needs.
• APPLICATION SUPPORT : Leads the team to conduct advanced and complex application support activities to deliver on business outcomes.

Key Accountabilities (continued)

Qualifications

MINIMUM & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE

PREFERRED & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE

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 :   -health / mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions) .

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability / Vet