Business Unit Lead

 

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

 

Business Unit Lead 

 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The primary responsibilities of this role, Business Unit Lead, are to:

 

• Represent Units and collaborate in the Country / Area Level Steering Team to drive Business Objectives through short-, mid-, facilitating the flow of resources, skills, and expertise to respond to changing needs within the market and across the broader business;
• Co-own integration of GTM strategy across portfolio, including digital & new solution selling approaches within supporting unit;
• Ownership and accountability of Regional and Divisional SRP’s, Key Accounts and key channel partners relationship to deliver on our Bayer business results while partnering with Strategic Account Leads of SRPs represented within the region, ensuring strategic and execution alignment/our SRPs represented within the region, ensuring strategic and execution alignment;
• Co-create customer centric activities and processes to enable a superior customer experience, while driving business growth in a highly competitive and complex business landscape. Catalyze timely and matching corrective actions as required to respond to market changes. Challenge all stakeholders to focus on holistic cross-portfolio value creation;
• Lead the evolution to self-managed teams and support these teams as they translate big picture outcomes into relevant team missions and outcomes. ensuring the customer remains the first priority;
• Foster an inclusive environment of professionalism and safe working practices. Empower all colleagues to own the business, coaching team members to grow their financial and  business acumen. Monitor and identify other areas for development to maximize  employee performance, job satisfaction and career opportunities.

 

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, Business, or other related field;
• Proven experience as a dynamic leader able to achieve business results in a relatively autonomous environment without direct supervision;
• Proven experience  leading and influencing leading teams across a variety of functions, business lines;
• Strong self-reliance balanced with humility to seek out experts for the greater good of the business and/or people;
• Capable of leading diverse high-performing teams with a willingness and ability to strategically delegate decision making abilities to the lowest level possible;
• Strong business acumen with a track record of driving revenue growth and achieving financial targets, preferably with regional or national accountabilities;
• Financial acumen, ability to interpret and prepare financial statements (P&L);
• A broad understanding of the crop production business, with more specific knowledge of the regional business as it relates to seed, crop protection, distributor customer systems, and competitive environment;
• Strong communication skills - written, verbal and listening, to maximize results with both internal and external customers and stakeholders.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• Bachelor of Science, Business, or other related field with a minimum of 10 years sales and/or marketing experience.

 

This posting will be available for application until at least May 14, 2024

 

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $178,513.02 – 267,769.54. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Other benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. If selected for this role, the offer may vary based on market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

    YOUR APPLICATION      

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Science for a better life, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of somethi