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Director, Application Development - Manufacturing Transportation

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Job ID 332616 Date posted 08/28/2026 Location : Minneapolis, Minnesota | Atlanta, Georgia Category  DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND DATA (DT&D) Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. 
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.

Job Purpose and Impact

  • The Director, Application Development Manufacturing Transportationjob leads the team responsible for maintaining, integrating and implementing software applications for Logistics & Transportation capabilities within the organization. This job manages and provides guidance on software selection, implementation, 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

  •  APPLICATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: Leads execution and develops strategies for application configuration to align with business 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.
  • STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: Identifies and drives engagement with key internal and external partners, understanding their needs and maintaining effective communication to ensure project alignment and success.
  • INCIDENT & REQUEST MANAGEMENT: Develops broad reviews on incoming incident tickets and user requests to ensure prioritization in accordance to service level agreements.
  • VENDOR MANAGEMENT: Fosters positive relationships with software vendors and negotiates relevant contracts.
  • PERFORMANCE MONITORING: Tracks the performance of configured applications and makes adjustments to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • APPLICATION PROCESSES & PROCEDURES: Reviews and approves recommended improvements for moderate to advanced and highly complex application specific support processes and procedures.
  • TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manages team members to achieve the organization’s goals, by ensuring productivity, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, giving and seeking feedback, providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievement and lessons learned, and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Configuring or building applications in a product environment

  • Ideal 6 years of relevant work experience in Supply chain Management solution delivery.

  • The candidate should have experience completing multiple (at least 3 or more) full application lifecycle/deployments.

  • Having worked in one or more Transportation Management solutions like SAP, Oracle TMS, Blue Yonder, etc.,

  • Working experience on both SaaS & OnPrem solutions

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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