YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Manager Project Supply Chain II, are to:

• Leads and is accountable for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of product launches, major product reformulations, major qualifications, and international projects;
• Develop detailed project timelines ensuring cross-functional and third party input is captured and projects are delivered on time and on budget;
• Identifies risks and contingencies and communicates progress to key stakeholders;
• Provide status updates on projects on an agreed to schedule andshares key updates and actions via meeting agendas and meeting minutes;
• Identify issues and risks and develop mitigation plans with the cross functional team to resolve project setbacks and obstacles;
• Organize project teams utilizing cross-functional resources;
• Obtain agreement from line management and country representatives on team resource, expectations and performance for team members;
• The incumbent manages project team meetings, prepares agendas, schedules meetings and issues minutes and action items;
• Through the efforts of these teams the scope and timing of the project is determined and completed;
• Identify root causes and corrective actions for project deviations, including facilitating problem resolution between initiators and implementation teams;
• Provide updates on progress to goals to site management for all projects;

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:

• Bachelor of Science degree (Engineering or Business preferred)

Preferred Qualifcations:

• Bachelors with 8 years of experience in Supply Chain Management along with at least 3 years of experience in project management preferred, or Associates degree and 10 years of experience in Supply Chain Management along with at least 5 years of experience in project management preferred. *
• APICS (Association for Operations Management) certification preferred*
• Experience with using Microsoft Project.
• Team leadership and facilitation skills.
• Decision-making skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong skills in negotiation, influencing, problem solving, decision making, and analytics.
• Sense of urgency, drive to meet deadlines.
• Process orientation.
• Understanding of Brand, Customer Marketing, Product Supply, Packaging Services, Logistics functions;
• Excellent computer skills - experience with MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint.
• Project Management Professional certification preferred
• [When incumbent meets eligibility requirements (per PMI (Project Management Institute), it is preferred that the incumbent obtain the PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. PMI requires 4500 hours of project management, 35 hours of project management education, and successfulcompletion of the PMI exam.

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