Join McCain Foods as a Field Manager supporting our largest plant in Burley, Idaho. In this vital role, you will lead a team dedicated to implementing innovative agricultural practices, managing relationships with local growers, and enhancing crop performance for our most significant facility. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving operational excellence, advancing sustainability initiatives, and ensuring the continued success of our Burley operations. If you are passionate about agricultural leadership and eager to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to bring your skills to our team! 

About the Role. 

The Field Manager is responsible and accountable for all aspects of potato agricultural operations and supply activities at the local plant site in Burley, Idaho. Through leading regional agricultural practices, the field manager will lead the new growth in the region by expanding strong strategic partnerships with the farming community. 

What You'll be Doing. 

Using best-in-class safety principles and talent development, the Field Manager will also be responsible for building a strong team of agriculture professionals, making the department an inclusive, diverse, and fun workplace.  Helping support McCain's agriculture digital transformation, you will be using and refining data systems to successfully deliver breakthrough initiatives that deliver optimal potato raw material value, operational efficiency, and consumer-winning quality. 

• Support world-class safety programs through the implementation of regional best practices.
• Drive grower relationships to support the growth in the supply of potatoes for the Burley site. 
• Partnering with Potato Supply Management, directly responsible for local market intelligence, risk assessment, and coordination of raw material purchase and utilization.
• Directly accountable and responsible for the daily supply of raw materials aligned with facility needs.
• Direct management, responsibility, and oversight of the local field department staff.
• Directly accountable and responsible for a sustainable grower base that can meet the company’s short and long-term growth goals.
• Develop a yearly sustainable cost savings plan to maximize the growth agenda for McCain and grower partners.
• Support the Ag Strategy team on McCain’s new variety development program to optimize potato quality and drive regional yield improvements.
• Develop a yearly potato contracting strategy using an updated economic cost of the production model.
• Develop and manage Fiscal Year department budgets.
• Deliver breakthrough initiatives that optimize raw material value, operational efficiency, and consumer-winning quality.
   

What You'll Need to be Successful. 

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant working experience, preferably within agricultural, manufacturing, and/or quality
• Experience developing grower partners in a growing market
• Strong leadership qualities and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to develop and nurture strong cross-functional and departmental relationships
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen
• Negotiation and relationship management skill
   

About the team.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Agriculture & Agronomy (West), this individual will oversee a local team, including field representatives and scale house attendants.

Your Work Environment.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid outdoor conditions.
• Employees will be required to perform duties in an agricultural setting to include potato fields and potato storages.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse and telephone touchscreen and talk or hear.
• Requires visual acuity to focus on desktop and/or laptop computer screen.
• Requires standing and sitting for prolonged periods of time, talking and listening.
• Some heavy lifting is required (40 lbs).
• Scheduled work times may fluctuate seasonally related to farming cycles, especially during planting and harvesting.
• We are a global company, must have willingness to occasionally modify work day to accommodate global meeting schedules.
• Ability to travel as needed within the growing region and periodicalyl throughout North America for business purposes. 
   

About McCain.  

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Leadership principles. 

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results. 

The McCain experience. 

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.