[Hiring] Biofuels Corporate Strategy Manager @Land O'Lakes

Role Description

The Biofuels Corporate Strategy Manager is a strategist, leader, and coordinator for biofuels-related initiatives. Key activities include:

• Strategy development
• Scoping and negotiation of agreements with external parties
• Operating model design
• Financial planning and analysis
• Market research

Responsibilities include:

• Lead 1-2 (out of ~10) biofuels workstreams, day to day
• Define workstream objectives, key decisions and criteria for making decisions, resource needs (personnel, and other), activities and milestones
• Informally manage a working team that provides expert input, performs analysis and research, creates documentation and other materials, and performs decisions once taken
• Provide regular updates to Senior Executive Leadership, to whom you would be ultimately accountable
• Represent workstream internally in discussions with other workstream leads and externally with potential collaborators, including at the executive level
• Identify and mitigate dependencies and tradeoffs between workstreams
• Workstream examples: overall program strategy, negotiations with specific types of external parties, various others

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, Physical or Social Science, the Humanities, or a related field
• 4 or more years of business experience (e.g., management consulting, strategy, investing, product management, or other business roles in food, agriculture, or oil and gas)
• Ability to travel approximately 3-6 days per month, with some additional variation possible depending on business need
• Proven experience leading projects from start to finish, driving work forward in partnership with other members of our team and with our partners in the business
• Experience digging beyond surface-level information, conducting primary/secondary research, analyzing complex data, and synthesizing insights into actionable business implications
• Skilled at defining obstacles and questions, testable hypothesis, solution options, and decision criteria
• Experience explaining complex ideas and strategies effectively to senior executive leadership with appropriate support
• Foundational knowledge relevant to various business functions (e.g., strategy, sales, marketing, supply chain, and finance/accounting) and disciplines (e.g., growth, cost reduction, transformation)
• Proven track record of outstanding performance while working on high-impact projects and initiatives, managing multiple priorities in fast-paced, project-based environment
• Strong preference for strategy or consulting background
• Food and agribusiness industry experience is preferred
• MBA strongly preferred

Requirements

• Remote in the United States or in-person at headquarters in Arden Hills, MN
• Salary range: $123,920 - $185,880 (in most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• PTO
• Life & disability insurance
• Education assistance
• 401k
• A variety of well-being resources
• Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k)