CHS Inc. is hiring a Senior Director, Continuous Improvement to lead a high-performing team focused on elevating organizational performance through LEAN methodologies and innovative problem-solving. You will partner with leaders across our global business to identify opportunities, implement change, and advance best-in-class practices that drive continuous improvement, strengthen business processes, and create efficiencies.

What You'll Do

Develop and implement the global continuous improvement strategy grounded in LEAN principles to maximize growth across the global business platform.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure CI projects are driven throughout the organization in a timely manner and within budgetary guidelines.
Provide organizational development and systems analysis.
Develop tools for strategy and leadership growth within the organization.
Partner with executive leadership to align improvement initiatives with long-term business goals.
Drive process improvement initiatives across the Global Ag business, anticipating and ensuring development of robust, scalable shared service capabilities.
Build organizational capability through training programs, coaching, and certification pathways.
Build relationships at all levels to facilitate collaboration across business departments and functions to deliver strategic outcomes.
Develop actionable and targeted change management plans including leadership alignment, communication, stakeholder management, role mapping, and training deployment.
Build tools for stakeholder analysis, organizational readiness assessments, evaluation, and presentation of findings with action plans.
Act as an active and visible coach and mentor to team members, project sponsors, and leadership.
Champion cultural transformation across the enterprise.
Provide mentoring and leadership to attract, develop, and retain talent.
Coach and build a team, support professional development, review performance, and enable employees to maximize their performance.
Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.

What We're Looking For

High School diploma or GED.
10+ years of experience in continuous improvement, financial analysis, ag business, business process improvement, project management, or a related field.
Prior leadership experience with progressively advancing level of leadership responsibilities.

Nice to Have

Lean Certification highly preferred.
Bachelor’s Degree or MBA preferred in a 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.