Under limited supervision and acting on own initiative, performs various administrative duties for Executive-level Managers, General Managers or Manager of department(s). Assignments generally involve work of a confidential nature and require a thorough knowledge of the practices and procedures of the function, company products, policies and programs.

 YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Administrative Assistant, are to: 

• Assemble and analyze information; prepares reports, manuals, agendas, correspondence and memorandum as guided by general company practice;
• Establish and maintain departmental databases and develops spreadsheets of importance to department;
• Assist in meeting planning and preparation work needed, i.e., drafting agendas and broader communications;
• Coordinate details of departmental meetings and/or on and off-site conferences and events;
• Prepare materials in final form from very rough and involved drafts which may utilize frequent use of technical terminology and which combines materials from several sources;
• Manage business travel arrangements;
• Screen/ redirect calls, takes messages, handles mail;
• Coordinate activities across departments and follows up to ensure that requests are carried out;
• Process expense reports and payment of invoices;
• Interface with other assistants to share and coordinate workload;
• May cross train lower level assistants in the departments;
• Perform additional accountabilities as required.  Additional responsibilities could include:
  • Temporary and Seasonal Hiring of Employees (MonTemps);
  • Time Keeping (Krono’s) and payroll management;
  • Grower Accounting (Seed Grower Contracts);
  • PO creation for vendors and contractors;
  • Shipping and Receiving Processes managing BOL’s;
  • SAP Operations.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or an Associate’s degree with 0 years of experience;
• Proficiency in PC applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Highly organized;
• Able to work with employees at all levels of the organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four years of relevant experience;
• Experience working with SAP;
• Experience working with contracts;
• Able to work with remote teams at other sites;
• Experience working in an Agricultural manufacturing, production or supply environment.

Relocation is not available for this position.