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At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what's next. No matter what your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture - solving the world's food problems through innovation, technology, and putting people first. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Sunflower & Inoculant Supply Chain Planner to join our team. Become part of our team of top-notch supply chain professionals so you can play an important part of leading the agriculture market to seed and feed the World! We are looking for an innovative candidate who loves to take initiative and be the go-to person on a team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work cross-functionally with all areas of the business, particularly Commercial and Production. Our ideal candidate will be a confident leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and knows when to push back and when to let things go.

What You'll Do:

• Provide product level production needs to our 3rd party manufacturers and Corteva production locations.

• Manage multi-year demand forecasting responsibilities to meet needs and drive standardization for these processes.

• Create and maintain packaging specifications.

• Drive standardization for the product line, continue to identify areas for improvement, and drive change when necessary.

• Ensure packaged volumes meet distribution needs.

• Work with Distribution team to ensure timely delivery and return of inventory and direct materials

• Analyze and share information for effective decision making.

• Represent SPSC key initiatives, responsibilities, and deadlines.

• Assist in the development of performance metrics, gather feedback, and develop goals for continuous performance improvement.

• Proactively analyze and provide improvement recommendations addressing performance gaps to leadership team.

• Update and communicate performance metrics for daily department board and monthly supply review meetings.

Qualifications

What Skills You Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Agricultural Business/Economics, Agronomy, or related field

• Minimum of 3-5 years progressively responsible experience in managing a specific product line, production, or supply chain (a combination of these experience bases is preferred)

• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to interact, persuade, influence and negotiate

• Demonstrated ability to understand needs of the business and proactively identify opportunities for improved product utilization

• Demonstrated organizational skills, ability to handle stress and manage heavy workloads at peak business times of year

• Demonstrated ability to manage through change and organizational challenges to maintain satisfied customers and obtain business goals

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and manage conflict

• Demonstrated strong written communication skills

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate orally in a professional and effective manner with strong negotiating capability

• Demonstrated computer aptitude with competency in Excel and quantitative analysis

• Demonstrated computer aptitude with competency in PowerPoint for presentations

What Makes You Stand Out:

• APICS Certified

• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of agriculture seed products including performance, positioning and placement

• Demonstrated understanding of the agriculture sales and production process

• Demonstrated knowledge of ag business including supply/demand planning

Benefits - How We'll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

• Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits (https://careers.corteva.com/2024-us-benefits-guide)

• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life (https://www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life/3006dde6-2563-4a98-8e94-ee4feba88cff/)

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

Corteva Agriscience™ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to boldly embracing the power of inclusion, diversity, and equity to enrich the lives of our employees and strengthen the performance of our company, while advancing equity in agriculture. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. Discrimination, harassment and retaliation are inconsistent with our values and will not be tolerated. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit:

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