YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Product Development Center Lead II, are to: 

• Champion a workplace where ethics, human rights, diversity & inclusion, safety and security are first and foremost;
• Develop plans to ensure all required and necessary employee training and comprehension of policies are completed;
• Create a culture of trust with all levels of employees to ask questions, take ownership and bring forward ideas within the organization to be best in class in the afore mentioned areas and create a great place to work;
• Deliver the R&D pipeline globally; new inbreds/varieties, traited conversions and seed for testing across the R&D pipeline; Includes development and delivery of all global corn inbreds across regions;
• Ensure timely handoff of products to Product Supply;
• Lead protected culture and technical field operations to meet organizational goals;
• Provide strategic leadership as a member of the Hawaii extended leadership team that ensures LTO for Hawaii operations and provides long-term strategic vision for the business;
• Lead cross functional Maui Technology Center Leadership team including Breeding, Government Affairs, HSE, Business Operations, Security and HR;
• Be responsible for leading the team to develop consistent Bayer business strategies across the island and functions including business continuity, talent development and recruitment, employee engagement, HSE and operations;
• Attract, develop and retain talent within the island to foster constant innovation and maximize diversity;
• Develop an organizational culture that creates a great place to work, best in class positive work environment and growth of individuals.
• Use cultural awareness and maximizes opportunities for teams and individuals by utilizing a global lens to lead;
• Manage complexity to reliably deliver experimental data and seed needs for the Crop Science R&D organization.
• Utilize metrics and innovation to ensure operations meets targets, timelines, quality while adhering to federal, state, local laws as well as full compliance with corporate HSE and Regulatory policies;
• Execute technical pipeline strategies while partnering across Crop Science to accelerate product pipelines;
• Create local strategies to constantly innovate and maximize efficiency of operations;
• Manage EBIT budgets of >$20M annually as well as capital budgets of > $5M annually;
• Be accountable for leading ~200 fulltime employees as well as ~70 contractor and seasonal workers;
• Develop and execute local strategies within regional sustainability initiatives; This includes public outreach, environment and human rights areas of focus;
• Partner across Crop Science to execute business strategy and drives continuous improvements to accelerate business goals; Partnerships include Product Supply, Biotech, Crop Teams, Regulatory, HSE, and IT;
• Support Bayer external image through community outreach, engagement and support of modern agriculture, and educational outreach efforts;
• Develop business continuity plans for local operations including but not limited to import/export delays, labor shortages, safety stock of key resources, security, weather and pandemic events;
• Travel 10%.

Domestic relocation may be available for this role.

Sponsorship may be offered for this role.

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:

• Advanced degree in biology, agriculture, genetics, or related scientific field;
• Minimum of fourteen years of experience with a B.S., or twelve years of experience with an M.S., or eight years of experience with a Ph.D. of proven effective leadership and business strategy development and implementation across large complex cross functional teams and talent development;
• Demonstrated strategy development and implementation including innovation and change management;
• Results orientation and collaborative;
• Social competencies to understand, influence and motivate through leadership (lead by example; live LIFE values), combining professional backgrounds, different countries, nationalities and cultures, and languages which calls for excellent communication and interpersonal skills both within and external to Bayer Crop Science;
• Good written and oral communication skills for effective interaction and representation of Breeding and Bayer values internally and externally with a variety of groups;
• Ability to promote cross functional collaborations to Breeding internally and externally;
• Ability to travel ~10% of the time.