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This opportunity strives for the following outcomes:

• Customers choose Bayer as their preferred provider for their operation
• Team members run their local business to benefit customers and Bayer
• Maximize local business opportunities and customer experience by co-creating short, mid-and long-term outcomes with farmers and retail business partners

This is a 12-month term position, starting between April - May 1, 2025, home-based in either Brandon or in the territory North-West of Brandon, Manitoba, requiring regular local travel within those areas.  

What you will do:

• Jointly own and achieve squad P&L targets, in collaboration with all squad members
• Plan, prioritize and execute in short-term (90-day cycles), mid-term and long-term cycles
• Adapt, iterate, regularly reassess, and prioritize tasks to ensure continued progress towards squad outcomes
• Collaborate and co-create within squad to ensure clarity of accountabilities to maximize customer focus
• Leveraging digital tools and agronomic expertise position, support, and service the full Bayer portfolio of seed, crop protection and new business models, while also leveraging market intel and data insights to assess and prioritize opportunities
• Contributing to effective team dynamics as a self-managing squad, via activities such as peer recruitment, selection, and performance feedback
• Foster an inclusive environment of professionalism and safe working practices ensuring Safety and Compliance requirements are met or exceeded within squad
• Foster strong relationships with key growers and new potential customers to drive market share and ensure a positive customer experience
• Enabled by a strong understanding of the complete portfolio and relevant programs, collaborate within the squad to grow and protect sales of Bayer Crop Science (BCS) products and provide product and support services
• Collaborate within the squad to prioritize spend of discretionary unit market funds to maximize discretionary program impact?
• Develop targeted strategies to drive sales across the full Bayer portfolio, including seed treatment sales with retails and commercial seed treaters

Who you are:

• Completed a degree or diploma in Agriculture or related discipline
• Excellent understanding of local crop production, agronomy and Bayer portfolio for seed, crop protection and digital
• Understands key customer agronomic needs to develop tailored solutions?
• Flexible mindset and ability to adapt to changing business needs?
• Strong interpersonal, team and English communication skills – presentation, written, verbal and listening, to maximize results with customers and internal stakeholders?
• Capable of using digital farming tools to manage, interpret and leverage data?
• Excellent problem solving through analytical thinking in complex situations with minimal guidance?
• Valid provincial driver’s license and ability to operate motor vehicles safely?
• Ability to effectively supervise and coach summer students

Additional Preferred Skills/Experience -

• CCA, CCSC, PAg (RTAg) designation
• Advanced computer and database skills with ability to use MS Office Suite

What we offer:

• This position provides the use of a vehicle
• Competitive compensation and rewards package
• Collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture
• Career development and global opportunities
• Work-life flexibility programs such as flex hours, employee discounts, volunteer days, wellness, and other employee offerings

Bayer is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences and believe that our people are our most valuable asset. The collective sum of individual life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities that our employees invest in their work represents our culture, reputation, and Bayer’s values and purpose.

All referral candidates must first be submitted via our internal referral system by a current Bayer employee in order to participate in the referral program. Once a Bayer employee has successfully referred you in our system, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application.

Application deadline:  October 7, 2024

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YOUR APPLICATION

If your background and personal experience fit this profile, please send us your complete application at www.career.bayer.cn If you have any recommendations, please kindly send mail to cnreferral@bayer.com

Location:

either Brandon or in the territory North-West of Brandon, Manitoba

Division:

Crop Science

Reference Code:

829910

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