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.

Supply Chain Systems Manager II

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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

• Execute the end-to-end systems strategy and communication with Information Technology, Operations, Product Supply, and Demand Planning (40%) by;
• Design and build new functionality and rolls out new tools and functionalities to help optimize utilization;
• Test product enhancements and new functionalities for supply planning and the greater supply chain organization;
• Ensure we are able to meet the set deadlines and deliver a finished product to our customers by planning projects and deriving consensus on the milestones;
• Address any issues that arise during the operational life cycle of the systems and troubleshooting or triages them to the appropriate teams;
• Monitor and support Demand Planning, Supply planning, Deployment as Key User (25%); lead the Planning teams in process optimizations, monitor the use of systems and tools through Key Performance Improvements (KPIs) and dashboards;
• Provide production support, shares best practices, and leads overall process optimization for the end users;
• Act as communication focal point for all system related topics within Product Supply (PS) (10%);
• Manage projects that support annual sales of 3 billion Euros in the US Consumer Care by conducting supply chain risk assessments and statistical safety stock product segmentation;
• Drives Special ad hoc projects;
• Support business reporting and advanced analytics (10%) by using the systems knowledge to drive decisions from data and creates new reports as needed. Examples of tools are: Green Graph, Daily Dashboards, Supply Trackers, MS Excel or other;
• Conduct process redesign and enhancements that promote efficiency and information transparency (10%) by using process mapping to identify inefficiencies and opportunities to improve.

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’s degree;
• Must be technology savvy;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment is required.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelors with 8 years supply chain experience or master’s degree with 4 years supply chain experience;
• Minimum 3 years of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) and SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ECC) experience as a techno functional user in Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products, or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Regulated industry;
• Background and understanding of supply chain management principles such as (but not limited to) Supply planning, Production Planning, Purchasing, Forecasting, and Logistics;
• 5 years SAP ECC Sales and Distribution/Production Planning/Material Management (SD/PP/MM) & APO Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) experience in a techno functional capacity is required. Familiarity with concepts like process chains, background jobs, Core Interface (CIF)/ Integration models, Production Data Structure (PDS)/ Prodcuction Process Models (PPMs) etc;
• High competency with MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint);
• Proficiency with SQL and Tableau desired but not mandatory;
• Proven results with building strong customer relationships and delivering customer centric solutions;
• Able to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals;
• Able to paint a compelling picture of the vision and strategy of their projects that motivates others to action;
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision making, written and verbal communication and presentation skills to working level as well as executive levels;
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective relationship management with internal & external business partners/customers.