Director, Retail Finance, Global Supply Chain Mgmt, Proprietary Products, Seed, and Sustainability

This position is required to be on-site and is located in Loveland, Colorado.  

 

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.   

 

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders.  Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.  

 

This position will be posted from May 7th, 2025 to May 14th, 2025.

Reporting to the Vice President of Retail Finance, the Director, Retail Finance, Global Supply Chain Management, Proprietary Products, Seed and Sustainability is a key strategic member of the Retail Finance department supporting the Retail Business Unit. This role is responsible for evaluating the profitability of our proprietary products, seed business, and emerging sustainability programs. This includes partnering with the commercial business units to provide financial decision support to manufacturing and distribution operations as well as to evaluate investment opportunities for new product registrations, licensing and commercialization. In addition, this role is responsible for supporting the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of long-range strategic plans and annual budgets, leveraging the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) function, and analyzing performance against established financial targets on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. 

 

This position will provide financial planning and analytic guidance to and work closely with the Senior Vice President Global Retail Operations, as well as the Vice Presidents of Loveland Products, Global Proprietary Operations, North American Seed and Retail Sustainability.

 

Our vision as the Decision Support organization is to be the "insights engine" of Nutrien Ag Solutions; this means closely partnering with commercial business unit leadership to provide data driven financial analysis and insight to guide forecasting, capital allocation and decision making. We are looking for a candidate who is an effective leader, innovative, and able to adopt emerging data technology tools to elevate FP&A processes and capture efficiencies. 

 

What you will do:
 

• Financial oversight of a global $3 billion Proprietary Products and $2 billion North American seed business (in terms of revenue)
• Evaluate performance and identify opportunities for enhanced profitability within the proprietary product and seed portfolios, including innovation ventures; communicate clear direction and objectives to senior management for achieving goals
• Oversee forecasting of inventory and payables and drive improvements in working capital consumption through the seasonal business cycle
• Oversee managment and optimization of strategic supplier rebate and prepay programs to drive margin enhancement
• Develop and monitor financial metrics and strategic key performance indicators to assess business performance
• Develop annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and assist with long range strategic financial plans
• Partner with commercial business unit leadership to provide insightful and actionable management reporting to ensure sharp organizational focus on critical value creation priorities and levers
• Collaborate with strategic team to evaluate investment in and profitability of emerging sustainability programs
• Provide leadership within the Retail Finance Decision Support organization, as well as mentorship and development of the supply chain, proprietary products, seed and sustainability supporting team
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Leadership:

• Apply effective people leadership including performance management, career development, and budget accountab