Project Manager - Decatur, IL

Summary

ADM is a global leader in human and animal nutrition and agricultural origination and processing, providing ingredients and solutions for food, beverages, health, and wellness. The Project Manager will lead complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives within the North America Strategic PMO, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, business optimization, organizational redesign, ERP migrations, and capital expenditure projects. The role is responsible for project planning, governance, stakeholder alignment, risk management, delivery oversight, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets aligned with strategic objectives
• Define and implement project governance structures, clarifying roles and responsibilities
• Ensure delivery of project outputs to agreed standards of quality, cost, and time
• Identify and manage risks and issues, including contingency planning
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment and communication across business units and geographies
• Track and report progress to senior leadership, highlighting milestones, risks, and decisions
• Define and monitor KPIs to ensure proactive management and successful outcomes
• Manage third-party suppliers, where applicable
• Lead end-to-end execution of M&A, JV, and divestiture transactions, including pre-deal planning, due diligence, and post-deal integration or separation
• Facilitate key workstreams such as legal entity restructuring, TSA management, and disentanglement
• Manage Day 1 readiness, including communications, system cutovers, and operational continuity
• Oversee integration/separation plans tailored to transaction type
• Coordinate across legal, finance, HR, IT, and operations to ensure seamless execution
• Identify and mitigate risks related to organizational change, compliance, and disruption
• Track synergy realization and stranded cost mitigation aligned with financial targets
• Support cultural integration and change management across merging or separating entities

Skills

• * Bachelor's degree in business, finance, project management, or related field
• * Minimum 3 years of experience in project management or business leadership roles involving complex, cross-functional initiatives
• * Proven ability to drive process improvement initiatives
• * Experience supporting or managing CapEx projects is advantageous
• * Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills in ambiguous, high-impact environments
• * Familiarity with deal structures, diligence processes, and post-merger integration frameworks
• * Understanding of TSA development, execution, and exit planning
• * Knowledge of ERP and IT system integration/separation in transactional contexts
• * Basic understanding of corporate strategy, financial modeling, and legal frameworks
• * Experience with change management and organizational design
• * Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level reporting
• * PMP, Prince2, or willingness to obtain certification is required
• * Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint) and planning tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent
• * Willingness to travel up to 15–20%
• Master's degree preferred
• * Direct experience with MADJV projects is highly desirable
• Candidates with transformation or strategic change experience are encouraged to apply
• * exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * Bachelor's degree in business, finance, project management, or related field
• * Minimum 3 years of experience in project management or business leadership roles involving complex, cross-functional initiatives
• * Proven ability to drive process improvement initiatives
• * Experience supporting or managing CapEx projects is advantageous
• * Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills in ambiguous, high-impact environments
• * Familiarity with deal structures, diligence processes, and post-merger integration frameworks
• * Understanding of TSA development, execution, and exit planning
• * Knowledge of ERP and IT system integration/separation in transactional contexts
• * Basic understanding of corporate strategy, financial modeling, and legal frameworks
• * Experience with change management and organizational design
• * Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level reporting
• * PMP, Prince2, or willingness to obtain certification is required
• * Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint) and planning tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent
• * Willingness to travel up to 15–20%

Nice to Haves

• Master's degree preferred
• * Direct experience with MADJV projects is highly desirable
• candidates with transformation or strategic change experience are encouraged to apply
• * exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies is a plus

Benefits

• Annual bonus