Operations Manager at Bayer

Plan and leads the execution of site operations such as drying, processing and warehousing in order too meet the seed availability-, profit- and quality standards required. Ensures the efficient use of human resources, equipment and materials.

Specific Functions

• Promote an actively caring culture for safety amongst all personnel, contractors and visitors
• Responsible for the planning and supervision of plant operations, including but not limited to:
  • Harvesting schedule – established in coordination with the field operations team
  • Offloading, husking, sorting, drying, shelling, conditioning, packaging and rebagging.
  • Receiving and bulk storage
  • Material handling
  • Material movement
  • Bin mapping, sampling and estimating
• Lead ESH efforts, provide assistance and arrange for resources to promote safety at the site.
• Coordination with field operation team to ensure a smooth transition and flow of product from field to plant.
• Supervise the flow of product through the different stages of the plant process
• Liaise with customer services team to coordinate shipment of finished goods
• Ensure accurate inventory control and management
• Maintain operational records as required by our management systems, with the focus on continual improvement.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance standards and management system set by ISO9001
• Responsible for budget control at the sites, minimize cost in conjunction of supply reliability, quality and speed to market/seed availability objectives.
• Manage facility personnel to ensure excellence in plant maintenance and housekeeping
• Assign and review goals, training needs and assessment reviews for plant supervisors and other direct reports.

• Minimum a diploma or preferably, a bachelor degree in agronomy or similar area of expertise
• Hands on experience and technical proficiency in seed processing activities and management of a team– 4 years prior experience. Field experience desirable

COMPETENCIES Basic

• Fluent in English
• MS Office software (Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Results focused with ability to work on own initiative
• Strong teamwork (flexibility to work across the areas and positively influencing others)
• Establish clear direction and making decisions on a timely manner

Relationships and Networks

• Recognizing, respecting and leveraging the talents, skills and resources of others, both in and outside of
  Monsanto.
• Working effectively with teams and networks across geographic, political, demographic, functional and
  other cultural and organizational boundaries
• Establishing a high level of trust that allows us to become the partner of choice

Courage and Condor

• Know what you believe and be willing to respectfully express opinions to improve the common good, particularly when it means challenging the status quo
• Courageously face new challenges and opportunities; leaving behind the familiar in an exploration of the unknown

Agility

• Adapt quickly to changes in our business.
• Demonstrate a high level of comfort with ambiguity
• Strong ability to respond quickly to new opportunities
• Understand our business and the drivers of change in our environment in order to respond accordingly .

Initiative and Foresight

• Anticipate and plan for the future
• Take action instead of waiting to be told what to do, or waiting for the environment to become more stable

Results Orientation

• Passion about making the right things happen in the right way at the right time -- in spite of potential barriers
• Discipline in operational excellence

Basic

• MS Office software (Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.)
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Results focused with ability to work on own initiative
• Strong teamwork (flexibility to work across the areas and positively influencing others)
• Establish clear direction and making decisions on a timely manner

Desirable

• ISO Auditor