Vice President, North America Specialty Ingredients - Chicago, IL

Job Description

Vice President, North America Specialty Ingredients - Chicago, IL

Job Summary
The Vice President, North America Specialty Ingredients, holds full profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for all North America Specialty Ingredients businesses, encompassing Edible Beans, Wholesome Ingredients, and Proteins. This role is accountable for driving the strategic direction, aggressive growth, and oversight of the platform, demonstrating operational acumen and a hands-on approach to problem resolution as immediate issues and operational challenges arise, ensuring robust financial performance and alignment with overall company objectives. The Vice President will partner extensively with various internal teams to ensure seamless execution of key initiatives across the North American region
Key Responsibilities
General Management:

• Ensures the team consistently executes against strategy and meets North American customer needs, with ongoing monitoring of financial performance and implementation of corrective actions.
• Provides strong leadership, coaching, and fosters a collaborative, inclusive team culture within the business unit.
• Oversees daily operations, demonstrating operational acumen and a hands-on approach to problem resolution by effectively addressing immediate issues and operational challenges as they arise, ensuring customer needs are met and a strong culture is maintained.
• Establishes and maintains effective pricing strategies for all product groups within the North American market.
• Partners with Operations, Creation, Design & Development (CD&D), and Quality Assurance (QA) to drive continuous improvements in processes and product portfolios.
• Prepares comprehensive monthly business updates for ADM Nutrition leadership, including financial estimates, forecasts, risk/opportunity identification, and sales pipeline progress.

• Assumes full P&L ownership for the North America Specialty Ingredients platform.
• Develops robust financial models and manages production/sales volumes, coordinating raw material sourcing with North American origination and commercial teams.
• Reviews sales/purchase contracts and manages commodity risk balances appropriately.
• Sets guidance and manages price risk/margins based on North American market conditions and internal forecasts.
• Possesses a deep understanding of the North American supply chain and trade execution, actively monitoring inventory levels and trends.
• Collaborates with Credit and Customer Support to proactively manage accounts receivable risk in North America.

• Develops comprehensive annual and 5-year strategic and aggressive growth plans for the North America Specialty Ingredients platform, working closely with cross-functional leadership.
• Partners with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) on budget development and detailed financial reporting.
• Identifies and cultivates relationships with potential partners and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) targets to accelerate business growth within North America.
• Ensures the team meets and exceeds capital project goals and objectives.

Go-to-Market Strategy & Execution:

• Works with North American commercial champions to develop customer engagement and go-to-market plans
• Partners with Operations to identify innovative methods for optimizing existing assets for functional ingredient goals or higher plant utilization.
• Collaborates with CD&D