Consultant, Data Management and Governance - Ag & Trading

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

• The Consultant, Data Management & Governance (Market Data Services), job ensures the accuracy, security and effective use of the organization’s externally sourced market data. With limited supervision, this job implements contract and inventory optimization policies and procedures, handles and understands content quality, options and alternatives, and optimization of sources, and provides guidance on compliance with contract terms and third-party / vendor reporting requirements to consumers. 

  The Data Management & Governance job is also providing a service to our internal stakeholders. This job manages requests for analysis and support for selecting, onboarding, using / consuming, amending, and managing third-party provided market data.  

Key Accountabilities

• STRATEGIC PLANNING: Implements and supports the development of data management and governance strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• MARKET DATA CONTRACT & INVENTORY STORAGE, ADMINISTRATION & TRACKING: Defines and implements standards for administration of contracts, contract terms, services, inventory and key contract lifecycle events (eg. subscription onboarding, cancellation and / or renewal).
• DATA ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS: Defines and documents data administration standards to ensure consistency and quality across all contracts and inventories, and assures that policies are followed.
• MARKET DATA ADMINISTRATION QUALITY: Defines the procedures for ensuring accuracy, consistency and reliability of information on contracts, inventory and cost, throughout subscription lifecycle by defining quality standards, monitoring quality metrics and implementing corrective processes while supporting quality audits as needed to ensure standards are met.
• POLICY DEVELOPMENT & GOVERNANCE: Implements content governance policies that help maintain acquisition and administration integrity ensuring processes align with organizational goals, and frameworks that define how contracts and subscriptions are tracked, internally charged and governed across the organization.
• DATA OPERATIONS & STEWARDSHIP: Defines operational improvements to reduce inventory and cost management errors, improve efficiency and speed while assuring accuracy and compliance to third party regulations and policies.
• DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT: Handles moderately complex projects to onboard / consume data from initiation to decommissioning through the lifecycle to ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• TECHNOLOGY: Sustains solutions or improvements to data management and governance technologies to advance data practices for improved compliance, efficiency and value.
• SERVICE OPERATIONS: Defines and administers request and incident management processes to ensure service levels for requests are met, including prioritization, communications and tracking to completion. 

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

• The following experience is advantageous: 

  • Market Data acquisition and administration, including familiarity with applications like Market Data Management (MDM), and Optimized Spend (FITS / OS). 

  • Agile methodology, including scrums and ticket management solutions like JIRA. 

  • Business Analysis / Data Analysis and analytical approach to problem solving. 

  • Reporting / dashboard build out, data engineering, technical solutions for cataloguing / library management 

Short Description

External Posting: Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

The expected salary for this position is $83,00