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Senior Director, Continuous Improvement

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CHS Inc.

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United States , Inver Grove Heights

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Salary:

150400.00 - 251100.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

CHS, Inc. is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking Senior Director of Continuous Improvement to help shape the future of our Agriculture division. In this role, you’ll lead a high performing team focused on elevating organizational performance through LEAN methodologies and innovative problem solving. You’ll partner with leaders across the business to identify new opportunities, implement change, and advance best in class practices. Your work will drive continuous improvement, strengthen business processes, increase transparency into operations, and create efficiencies through standardization, process optimization, and improved governance. You’ll also play a key role in uncovering cross functional opportunities and synergistic savings across CHS.

Job Responsibility:

  • Develop and implement the global continuous improvement strategy grounded in LEAN principles
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure CI projects are driven throughout the organization
  • Provide organizational development and systems analysis
  • Develop tools for strategy and leadership growth
  • Partner with executive leadership to align improvement initiatives with long-term business goals
  • Drive process improvement initiatives across the Global Ag business
  • Build organizational capability through training programs, coaching, and certification pathways
  • Build relationships at all levels of the organization to facilitate collaboration
  • Develop actionable and targeted change management plans
  • Build tools that support conducting stakeholder analysis, organizational and business readiness assessments
  • Act as an active and visible coach and mentor
  • Act as a champion for cultural transformation across the enterprise
  • Provide mentoring and leadership to attract, develop and retain talent
  • Coach and build a team, support professional development, review and assess performance
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and cross functional collaboration

Requirements:

  • High School diploma or GED
  • 10+ years of experience in continuous improvement, financial analysis, ag business, business process improvement, project management or related field
  • Prior leadership experience with progressively advancing level of leadership responsibilities
  • Lean Certification highly preferred
  • Bachelor’s Degree or MBA preferred in related field
  • 5+ years of leadership experience, plus a strong record leading projects, driving organizational change, and managing cross‑functional teams across multi‑site and remote environments
  • Experience collaborating with other stakeholders to achieve tasks (IT, Finance, Business Units, etc.)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a track record of data driven decision making while using LEAN tools and methodologies
  • SAP ERP experience
  • Background in grain merchandising, origination, processing, or supply chain operations, with an understanding of commodity flows and customer needs
  • Multilingual communication skills in Spanish, Portuguese and/or French to support international teams
  • Travel up to 20%

Nice to have:

  • Lean Certification
  • Bachelor’s Degree or MBA in related field
  • Multilingual communication skills in Spanish, Portuguese and/or French
What we offer:

medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 15, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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