Jeremy Johnson

Enterprise transformation and technology leader with 20+ years of experience directing complex initiatives from strategy through implementation, adoption, and value realization. Establishes governance, leads global workstreams, redesigns processes and operating rhythms, and aligns business, Finance, IT, operations, vendors, and executives on milestones, risks, dependencies, and outcomes. Combines financial acumen, Lean process discipline, and large-scale matrix leadership across multi-site, operations-critical environments.

Principal Application Developer | Global Digital Technology Leader at CARGILL (2024-07 – Present)

• Partner with business, Finance, engineering, architecture, and operations leaders to convert strategy into transformation roadmaps, milestones, metrics, investment decisions, and accountable workstreams.
• Govern an $18M portfolio of 39 enterprise applications supporting 15,000+ users, reporting scope, budgets, resources, milestones, risks, dependencies, KPIs, and value delivery.
• Orchestrate global teams through solution design, systems integration, testing, launch sequencing, stakeholder readiness, service transition, and adoption.
• Lead vendor estimates, contracts, statements of work, and licensing decisions to align delivery with business and financial commitments.
• Improved delivery predictability by 30% and satisfaction from 82% to 93% by redesigning governance, scorecards, escalation paths, and delivery cadences.

Business, Operations & Supply Chain Business Relationship Manager at CARGILL (2018-01 – 2024-06)

• Served as executive liaison for a global transformation portfolio, aligning operating and technology roadmaps across functional, field, product, architecture, and delivery teams.
• Influenced approximately $150M in annual investments through business cases, portfolio data, executive reviews, and recommendations balancing value, capacity, feasibility, and risk.
• Guided a roadmap spanning 19 Level-1 capabilities and 125+ initiatives, establishing prioritization, sequencing, dependency management, decision forums, and performance reporting.
• Built scalable planning, reporting, and change rhythms that improved visibility, stakeholder trust, issue resolution, knowledge transfer, and adoption.

SAP Process Implementation Manager at CARGILL (2016-01 – 2018-12)

• Directed three concurrent transformation programs exceeding $21M annually, owning integrated plans, governance, budgets, resources, milestones, risks, readiness, and outcomes.
• Improved predictability by 12% and reduced cycle time by 14% through root-cause analysis, process controls, quality gates, escalation, and KPI reporting.
• Aligned process owners, architecture, engineering, data, integrations, testing, change, and operations on future-state design, training, readiness, and launches.

SAP Business Implementation Manager at CARGILL (2014-01 – 2016-12)

• Led enterprise-platform implementation for manufacturing operations, translating current-state processes into standardized future-state workflows while coordinating design, UAT, cutover, change, readiness, and continuity.
• Orchestrated workstreams through process mapping, gap analysis, testing, training, communications, adoption measurement, service transition, and hypercare.
• Managed transformation budgets exceeding $10M while aligning business leaders, executive sponsors, Global IT, and delivery teams on scope, milestones, risks, decisions, and outcomes.

Production Planning Manager at CARGILL (2010-01 – 2014-12)

• Led North American production planning and scheduling across multiple manufacturing facilities, standardizing processes and coordinating capacity, demand, inventory, service, and operational execution across field and functional teams.
• Reduced annual inventory investment by $10M while improving service levels by 12% through performance baselines, data analysis, process redesign, disciplined execution, and cross-functional accountability.
• Improved manufacturing efficiency by 16% through Lean root-cause analysis, operational metrics, standardized work, and partnership with plant, procurement, logistics, and commercial teams.

Master of Business Administration – Baker University

Bachelor of Science in Marketing – Wichita State University