Job Vacancies at Bayer

Role purpose

•  Plan and manage supply chain operations related to supply planning, importation, warehousing, inventory management, transport logistics and distribution of vegetable seed in South Africa.
•  Implement outstanding customer service strategies aimed at enhancing customer experience and drive business.

Key responsibilities and tasks

•  Lead sales & operations planning (S&OP) at country level in liaison with commercial and marketing teams to ensure commercial budgets are met.
•  Design effective communication, collaboration and feedback mechanisms with local and international teams including preparation of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
•  Follow upon stock transfer orders (STOs) for timely seed delivery.
•  Ensure Import and Exports are managed efficiently.
•  Maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements including application of import permits and letters of authorization for importation of seed.
•  Monitor management of inventory at distribution center including SAP system movements, cycle counts, quality testing and scrapping.
•  Support Lead in preparing & reviewing budgets for the distribution center and manage expenses within budgets.
•  Provide outstanding customer services and ensure customer satisfaction and DC management including assets management, and QMS implementation.
•  Effective handling of customer complaints in conjunction with the technical and quality teams.
•  Ensure adherence to HSE standards and corporate policies
•  Lead operationally the SC team in Distribution Center and Customer Service to ensure business continuity

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

•  Demonstrated experience in supply chain, international trade, sales order processing, warehousing & inventory control and logistics management.
•  Know ledge of product supply processes and related systems, Computer literacy and SAP.
•  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
•  Ability to work effectively in a global, team based and matrix environment (cross functional, cross cultural).
•  Root-cause analysis skills and improvement mindset.
•  Be fluent in English, Afrikaans advantageous

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Role purpose

•  Safeguard proper technology application in our seed processes and installations.
•  As an expert role ensure proper definition and/or review of every seed processing project in the region
•  Be able to execute seed projects independently and within a team

Key responsibilities and tasks

Knowledge and expert role

•  Excellent knowledge of seeds plant operations and processing: harvesting, intake, dehusking, drying, shelling, storage, sizing, treating and bagging including seed quality aspects
•  Be on top of Seed process technology developments in the industry and define needs for improvements and innovations
•  Build trustful relations with industry vendors and other third parties
•  Connect, interact with internal EMEA/Global peers/experts in operations, MEX, GE, E&T, PTT. Seek feedback from end users on applied technologies

Project definition and project review

•  Reviews every seed project on proper application of the available technology ensuring safe, productive and qualitative solution definitions
•  Owns the development of process flow diagrams and P&ID’s for certain projects
•  Can act as a Venture Manager in order to translate operational/Quality/safety opportunities into a clear project scope definition
•  Be able to autonomously do conceptual/basic project definition, including feasibility, cost estimations, and capacity definition

Project execution

•  Be able to manage autonomously projects up to 5M€ or various small projects in parallel in all their aspects: feasibility, cost estimation, stage gates, approval, design, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and hand-over, with responsibility over safety, budget and schedule
•  Be part of project start-up and commissioning teams

Other

•  Analyze seed plant performance using OEE, IP21 tools and define shortcomings and

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

•  Master’s degree in one of the engineering disciplines
•  (Electro-Mechanical, Civil, Chemistry, Agronomy…) or similar by experience
•  Relevant experience as Project Engineer:
•  Minimum 5 years
•  Analytical skills and relevant experience as a process improvement engineer on real-life seed  processing operations using optimization techniques (6 sigma, lean, statistical process control, OEE…)
•  Operational experience in a seed facility
•  Ability to manage several topics simultaneously
•  Ability to connect with people in other sites and cultures
•  Fluent in English, affinity for other languages is essential

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Role purpose

•  Responsible for the technical co-ordination and deployment of Field-Testing systems that deliver precision breeding for the South African corn breeding pipelines.
•  Work with local seed production team, regional product development and design scientists and global enabling functions to optimize the in-season workstream using internal platforms for product development pipeline process streamlining.
•  Responsible for the design, execution of a network of participatory managed breeding testing locations from Eastern South Africa agro-region.
•  Additionally, the role is responsible for continuous improvement and strategic initiative projects that transform the way row crop plant breeding research is conducted within the organization through the use of new advanced and often proprietary equipment and technologies, data analytics, and testing design.
•  Scope: Eastern South Africa Region (based at Petit, Benoni)

Key responsibilities and tasks

•  Responsible for the implementation of innovative technologies designed to enhance phenotyping capabilities, such as use of geospatial systems, advanced planting and harvesting equipment, automated data capture, environmental sensor instrumentation, aerial imagery applications, and digital operational management.
•  Train and develop team members: onboarding, supervise and training of new seasonal employees/data collection teams.
•  Become process owner for all trial packaging activities through optimization of workflows associated with cutting edge trial preparation systems, while adhering to and defining all safety requirements.
•  Actively contribute to all planting and harvesting operations as a field operator, as per seasonal demands and team needs.
•  Also provide technical (software) support to site owners during planting and harvesting operations.
•  Plan, co-ordinate and execute work activities in collaboration with operations manager and peers to enable optimal resource use across the entire South African Testing network.
•  Regularly extract, analyze and interpret data to gain insights into network design that aligns with product concept needs.
•  This includes gaining insights into G x E patterns, location quality assessments, and other KPIs associated with field testing.
•  Strategically co-ordinate all data collection activities for the South African testing network through planning and execution with other relevant research associates.
•  Continuously optimize data collection standard operating procedures by testing new approaches, training, and supervising field crews.
•  Champion the in-season workflow by liaising with upstream (planning) and downstream (analytics) functions to ensure alignment between experiment creation, data collection, and analytics needs.
•  Contribute to the development of automated data quality checking tools and algorithms through local validation of global systems.
•  Participate in the environmental characterization efforts for the South African network by ensuring data completeness for all site-related meta-data, climatic, and management data.

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

•  BSc or MSc in Agricultural Science, Agric. Engineering, Agronomy, Crop Science or related fields with some relevant experience or at least 5+years operational experience in technology based Field-Testing environment.
•  Broad knowledge and experience with agricultural equipment and row crop production practices and demonstrated experience of leveraging that knowledge in a research environment.
•  Good knowledge of emerging trends in Precision Agriculture and crop monitoring.
•  Good understanding and passion for emerging trends in agriculture.
•  Strong competency with MS Office software products and statistical systems (desired) used in scientific data analysis, with ability to quickly learn new software programs and tools and demonstrated ability to gain insights from analyzed data to inform strategies.
•  Good communication skills to enable global interactions internally and externally.
•  Be heavily engaged in the effort of optimizing all current Field-Testing equipment.
•  Regularly participate in one or more global field innovation and technology deployment projects, either as a lead or as a project team member.
•  Develop new HSE protocols and requirements associated with new technologies and adhere to existing HSE requirements that contribute to the overall safety of all testing team members.
•  Travel up to 50% of the time particularly during peak seasons, to ensure data delivery for key product advancement deadlines and supervision of field activities.

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Role purpose

•  Sales of DEKALB seed direct to Customers in the smallholder and emerging farmer segment ensuring that monthly and annual Sales and Delivery targets are met within SA and neighboring countries (Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana)
•  Ensure realization of our commercial strategy in line with relevant KPI’s
•  Drive business growth for our DEKALB Seeds and create demand for our CP products and Digital Farming offering
•  Manage relationship with seed and CP channel partners
•  Scope: Local - across different countries

Key responsibilities and tasks

•  To actively implement the area strategy for Dekalb seed and CP products from a sales and customer point of view with the Territory sales area manager and other relevant functions
•  To define and implement a differentiating area sales strategy fully consistent with country / marketing / customer strategy
•  To optimize use of commercial policies (Market funding)
•  To develop and implement an ambitious and consistent sales plan for Dekalb seed and CP products in line with country objectives as well as legal and compliance rules and obligations
•  To ensure delivery of forecasted results according to sales plan utilizing superior operative sales planning (RADL methodology), forecasting, and monitoring (incl. price and product flow) mechanisms and KPIs, and taking timely and matching corrective actions in case of deviations from plan
•  To closely follow up, actively share with corresponding functions, esp. marketing, and dynamically respond to opportunities, issues, marke changes incl. competitor moves, adjusting tactics as required
•  Ensure compliance to corporate guidelines and compliance policies

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

•  BSC or Agriculture relevant degree
•  3-5 years’ experience in Seed Sales
•  Able to manage in complex environments with little accessibility
•  Track record in leadership positions and independent management
•  Previous operational experience in customer facing positions
•  Solid agricultural knowledge and understanding of local market environment
•  Demonstrate Bayer core competencies, e.g., drive results, manages complexity, customer focus, collaboration, instill trust, etc.

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Role purpose

•  Operator (with special internal Qualification) with special individual defined tasks (e. g. solving production disturbances, Plant sections specialist)

Key responsibilities and tasks

•  Operates special machines/equipment, which involves setting up and adjusting regulate such factors as temperature, pressure, flow and reactions of materials.
•  Internal expert for special tasks Independent identification and solving of production disturbances
•  Handling of shift projects requiring field specific expertise
•  Operate process control system in plant Job training for new employees and apprentices related to expertise
•  Operate and control the unit manually/via control system
•  Run up and shut down of production facility, product changeover activities
•  Equipment cleaning and decontamination
•  Housekeeping of workplace
•  Routine analytics, taking of samples
•  Equipment maintenance/repairs in coordination with the technical team
•  Document and communicate work results (shift handover)
•  Support troubleshooting of process deviations in cooperation with Shift Supervisor

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

•  Qualified worker with respective education
•  Basic technical and chemical knowledge
•  Several years of experience in a production plant
•  Special internal on-the-job training
•  Excellent knowledge in plant processes
•  Ability to solve problems/ difficult situations

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Role purpose

•  To verify that produced products are within set parameters as defined through Bayer SOP's, specifications and instructions.
•  Ensuring that all products are controlled, and quality defects reported and rectified prior to release for sale.

Key responsibilities and tasks

•  Execute in process quality controls in the production lines running periodic quality checks in production batches and verifying if operational checks are done according to the plan and results are following specified parameters.
•  Ensure that all required quality documentation is in order, these to be part of the batch report.
•  Responsible for in-process quality controls in production lines (e.g. visual inspection, identification, printing, sealing, weighing).
•  Require from the production team process adjustments if the product is out of specification.
•  Check if documents for batch production are correctly filled and if quality checks at operational level are appropriately done and reported, obeying the defined quality parameters.
•  Check if tools and equipment used for quality checks in the plant are calibrated or in order.
•  Liaise with line driver / foreman to ensure that production checklists are completed.
•  Check if all documents, e.g. line clearance and packing directive, are attached to be part of the batch report. Provide orientation or training to operational teams in relation to quality parameters and methodology for quality tests. 
•  Ensures that all quality inspection results are recorded on SAP and non-conformances are timeously reported and all the below is expected:
•  Support customer complaints investigations
•  Support non-conformances investigations
•  Support 5Why focus groups
•  Responsible for filing and controlling all laboratory documentation.
•  Carry out functions/duties that may be expected within the confines of responsibility.
•  Support quality controls activities in different areas when required and if according to the capabilities / skills
•  Attend Tier meetings and be part of one of the Best Practices
•  Assisting with Incoming checks on Packaging and Raw Materials

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

•  Suitable candidate to 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment and a minimum of 2 years in quality department as a QC Inspector.
•  Be able to check the status of product and release on SAP QM, Excel, Word, Outlook.
•  Self-driven with minimal supervision, a problem solver, a team player, a trainer and most importantly a customer centric quality driven individual.