Active Ingredients Strategy Manager (m/f), St-Pierre

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

Attached to the Supply Chain Strategy & Excellence Department, the Active Ingredients Strategy Manager will be ensuring the following missions:

• Cumulating of region-specific AI demands on global level in order to plan and coordinate production of AI, intermediates and key raw materials considering inventory requirements
• Planning global AI and intermediates production on basis of the actual production network as well as planning sourcing of AI and key raw materials in cooperation with procurement
• Ensure on-time supply of respective material to demanding regional product supply and support in case of unplanned demands or surplus inventories
• Steer and facilitate global S&OP process for respective AIs (including recommendation for AIs allocation to ES LT and Regional teams)
• Recommend global Inventory budget for respective AI’s in close cooperation with Performance Management Function
• Support Active Ingredient cost optimization and AI lead time reduction
• Elaborate and propose supply strategy for assigned AIs to meet different business strategy scenarios, including risk management mitigation strategies related to AIs
• Develop and optimize the supply strategy for the respective assets in the entire production network
• Proactively initiate and monitor process change procedures in collaboration with Management of Change team
• Lead the development and implementation of a long term, Global Supply Chain strategy for a defined portfolio / product range including but not limited to the manufacturing, supplier, warehousing, transportation, cost, and flexibility strategy.
• Define and coordinate the commercialization activities for new or modified ES products to ensure timely and successful product transitions and launches.
• Identify and lead CoGS savings projects considering the entire supply chain flows, product and packaging cost improvements, as well as transportation and warehousing optimization.
• Attend and if required initiate company project meetings as the Supply Chain representative working directly with Global BES Marketing and Innovation teams.

Who you are

• Graduate of a Master Degree in Supply Chain or equivalent, you can justify a minimum of 7 years of experience in this field.
• You have knowledge in APO, SAP and Office Pack software (Excel, Powerpoint ...).
• You have ability to manage, coordinate, and integrate diverse people, processes, and organizational resources to achieve common goals.
• You are able to work, deliver results in a complex and international environment.
• You have high interpersonal and communication skills. You are pedagogical and proactive.
• You are fluent in English (spoken and written) and fluency in any other language is a plus.