Title: Transportation Accounting & Data Maintenance Senior Supervisor

Job Requisition ID: 325640

Location:

Wichita, Kansas, US United States, 67202

Category: TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS

Description:

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Transportation Accounting & Data Maintenance Senior Supervisor leads North America Freight Audit & Payment, transportation accounting, and master data operations across multiple business units and ERP environments. In this role, the Senior Supervisor ensures financial accuracy, audit readiness, and operational continuity while supporting a complex, multi billion dollar transportation spend and high transaction volumes. The position balances steady state execution with ongoing system changes, issue resolution, and process stabilization following ERP deployments. Through strong people leadership and cross functional partnership, this role mitigates financial risk, resolves escalations, and drives continuous improvement across transportation finance and data operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead end to end Freight Audit & Payment, transportation accounting, and master data processes, including accruals, invoice validation, dispute resolution, posting, and reconciliations across multiple SAP and non SAP systems.
• Oversee operational performance and issue resolution across steady state environments, including truck, rail, ocean, brokerage, and international transportation modes.
• Provide people leadership for U.S. based teams and contractors and functional leadership for offshore resources, including workload prioritization, performance coaching, and coverage planning.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex financial, carrier, system, compliance, and payment issues impacting business continuity or financial accuracy.
• Partner with Finance, Audit, Tax, Supply Chain, IT, Data Governance, and Deployment teams to support balance sheet integrity, controls, reporting, and audit requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert for transportation related systems and data, supporting defect resolution, enhancements, integrations, and ERP/TMS deployments and cutover activities.
• Drive operational discipline through metrics, dashboards, process documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce manual work, controls risk, and people dependency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Experience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applications
• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum of two years of people leadership or supervisory experience
• Experience supporting high volume transactional operations with financial controls or audit exposure
• Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and resolve cross functional issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting transportation accounting, Freight Audit & Payment, or logistics finance operations
• Working knowledge of SAP (multiple instances), transportation management systems, or financial close processes
• Experience supporting ERP deployments, system cutovers, or post go live stabilization

Position information:

Relocation will not be provided for this position
Work schedule:Dayshift Mon - Fri 8 – 5 occasional work over the weekends as needed.
Position is based in Wichita, KS

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.