Director, USAC Commercial Transformation

3M; Minnesota; On-site; USD 250,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

3M in Minnesota seeks a Director to lead USAC Commercial Transformation. You will own the transformation agenda, drive the operating model adoption, and partner across HR, Finance, and enterprise functions to deliver cross-functional change.

The role focuses on documenting workflows, setting KPIs, and embedding new ways of working across a matrixed organization. On-site role based at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN with travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
• Ten (10) years of transformation program management, commercial excellence, operating-model implementation, or change management experience in a consumer, retail, or private/government/military environment.
• Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
• Experience leading or facilitating large-scale commercial transformation, including workflow documentation, governance cadence, adoption tracking, and implementation of new ways of working.
• Experience enabling measurable business or P&L outcomes through structural change, process redesign, productivity improvement, or organizational transformation.
• Experience in a consumer packaged goods company or consumer-facing commercial organization, particularly with sell-through, margin, pricing, promotional effectiveness, or POS-oriented operating models.
• Experience with Revenue Growth Management, price-pack architecture, trade-spend optimization, mix management, customer planning, or commercial performance management.
• Experience building, leading, or operating a transformation PMO, business change office, or enterprise transformation governance model.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, change management, decision facilitation, and critical-path management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation agenda and operating model adoption for the USAC commercial organization, including roadmap ownership, critical path management, decision governance, and cross-functional workstream integration.
• Document current- and future-state workflows to support process redesign and enable adoption of new KPIs and governance.
• Partner with USAC leadership, HR, Finance, Commercial Excellence, and other enterprise functions on role mapping, change management, and productivity tracking.
• Establish governance cadences, manage communications, identify adoption barriers, and embed operating-model changes through customer planning cycles.
• Coordinate with CBG and enterprise transformation teams to ensure USAC changes align with broader enterprise direction while minimizing duplication.

Job description

Job Title

Director, USAC Commercial Transformation

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

Job Description

Job Title

Director, USAC Commercial Transformation

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Leading the transformation agenda and operating model adoption for the USAC commercial organization, including roadmap ownership, critical path management, decision governance, and cross-functional workstream integration.
• Facilitating the shift from a sell-in/shipment-oriented model to a consumer/POS-driven model by documenting current- and future-state workflows, supporting process redesign, and enabling adoption of new commercial KPIs and governance.
• Partnering with USAC leadership, HR, Finance, Commercial Excellence, and other enterprise functions to support role mapping, updated job responsibilities, change management, reskilling plans, and productivity tracking.
• Driving disciplined transformation execution by establishing decision-focused governance cadences, managing communications, identifying adoption barriers, and ensuring operating-model changes are embedded through customer planning cycles.
• Coordinating across CBG and enterprise transformation teams to ensure USAC commercial changes are aligned with broader enterprise direction while supporting consumer-model requirements and minimizing duplication, gaps, or rework.

Your Skills And Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) years of transformation program management, commercial excellence, operating-model implementation, or change management experience in a consumer, retail, commercial, or other highly matrixed, private, public, government, or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, or a related discipline from an accredited institution
• Experience leading or facilitating large-scale commercial transformation, including workflow documentation, governance cadence, adoption tracking, and implementation of new ways of working
• Experience enabling measurable business or P&L outcomes through structural change, process redesign, productivity improvement, or organizational transformation
• Experience in a consumer packaged goods company or consumer-facing commercial organization, particularly with sell-through, margin, pricing, promotional effectiveness, or point-of-sale-oriented operating models
• Experience with Revenue Growth Management, price-pack architecture, trade-spend optimization, mix management, customer planning, or commercial performance management
• Experience building, leading, or operating a transformation PMO, business change office, or enterprise transformation governance model
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, change management, decision facilitation, and critical-path management skills

Work location:

• On-site: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.
• Travel: May include up to 20% domestic travel
• Relocation: May be authorized
• Role duration: This is a time-bound transformation role expected to support the USAC commercial transformation through mid-2028, with potential extension based on business needs and transformation milestones.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only

The expected compensation range for this position is $250,253 - $305,864, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 08/25/2026 To 09/24/2026 Or until filled

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

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Pay & Benefits Overview

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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