Senior Farm Manager
Location: Brooks, Oregon, USA 
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At Bayer you have the opportunity to be part of a culture where we value the passion of our employees to innovate and give them the power to change.
Your tasks and responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of this role, Senior Farm Manager, are to:
- Coordinate and manage the facilitation of R&D, logistics and M&S in the area (country);
- Adapt the farm facilities and the needed personnel (quantity and quality) to the immediate, mid-term and long-term needs of the supported divisions;
- Coordinate the execution of the crop management;
- Provide facilities, technical support and personnel where needed (breeding, research, HTP, trialing, QASS, seed production, operations);
- Provide the departments of Bayer / BSC with information and advise, when requested;
- Monitor and manage the people involved in crop management on the farm(s);
- Manage, direct and coordinate the personnel flow within the farm team, after approval of the Regional Farm Head and in cooperation with HR;
- Manage and coach the farm personnel (either direct, or through a Farm Foremen), including appraisal, training and development, and career planning by using HR instruments, guidelines, procedures and advise in order to select and maintain competent employees and assure the quality of the service provided to R&D, Logistics and M&S;
- Monitor the processes around hiring temporary personnel in line with the Bayer CropScience Vegetable HRM rules;
- Monitor health- and safety-aspects on all the working places in the farm;
- Monitor and execute the operational farm budget for the area or country;
- Monitor monthly forecast of the farm costs;
- Adjust budgets by previsions;
- Adapt the budget to the real and specific situations;
- Organize the purchase of material in line with the Bayer CropScience Vegetable Purchase policy;
- Monitor farm costs of breeding and project budgets for the area or country;
- Monitor and execute the investments within the farm budget for the area or country ;
- Provide orientation on the market for technical developments concerning GH and farm equipment;
- Coordinate the major investments in GH and farm buildings;
- Compile the yearly breeding investment budgets in line with the Bayer CropScience Veg. controlling rules;
- Purchase investments in line with the Bayer CropScience Vegetable purchase policy;
- Work in close cooperation with the local facility management;
- Monitor and monthly forecast of the investments;
- Adjust investment budgets by previsions;
- Adapt the investment budget to the real and specific situations;
- Contribute to the global knowledge and expertise in farm management;
- Give advice in line with the Bayer CropScience Veg. global standards for farm equipment;
- Participate in the exchange of knowledge on farm equipment and crop management with other Bayer CropScience Vegetable farm managers globally.
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 in Agriculture or related discipline, or specific Agronomic and Management training and five (5) years of relevant experience in an Agriculture field of work or a high school diploma or GED with a minimum of eight (8) years of experience working in an Agricultural farm setting;
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing teams with permanent and seasonal personnel;
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written), and the ability to communicate with different levels of stakeholders;
- Must be persuasive and the ability to establish good rapport with stakeholders;
- Proficient with MS Office products;
- General knowledge of OSHA requirements;
- Experience managing projects and resources;
- Ability to motivate others;
- Functional competencies;
- Technical credibility,
- Continual improvement,
- Customer focus,
- Self-control and being resilient,
- Solving problems,
- Interpersonal skills,
- Progressive way of thinking.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience conducting safety training.
*Domestic relocation assistance may be provided.
Your application
Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and you have the "Passion to Innovate" and the "Power to Change", we encourage you to apply now.
Job postings will remain open for a minimum of ten business days and are subject to immediate closure thereafter without additional notice.
To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.
Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans
Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below.
More positions from: Bayer CropScience LP (U.S.) Posted from March 15, 2018 until September 15, 2018
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