Sr Site Lead

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Bayer Row Crop Production Senior Site Lead operates with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for all deliverables, reputation, employee, and entity activities. You will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for successful site operations aligned with the greater North American Row Crop Production network, NA Product Supply, and NA Commercial business objectives. You will fill the role of Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, and Coach for operational Supporting Units, E2E Mission Team, and Squads at a Row Crop Production facility to achieve the site mission and outcomes linked to customers and products.

The primary responsibilities of this role,  Senior Site Lead, are to:

• Lead complex operations, including cross-crop/functional and multidisciplinary operations by collaborating with all aspects of the business to ensure site and Bayer business success; 
• Accountable for overall Site culture, safety, quality, compliance, customer experience, community engagement, and financial performance; 
• Promote a safety-first culture at all times and ensure compliance with safety, quality, sustainability, environmental, and license-to-operate requirements; 
• Create a Site culture that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves and a creative mindset to work every day, inspiring the development, exploration, and execution of creative ideas in rapid cycles; 
• Empower, support, and create accountability within the Unit, Mission Team, and Squad to focus on and contribute to delivering defined outcomes for all product, customer, and stakeholder needs; 
• Foster collaboration in a flat network of autonomous, entrepreneurial teams with limited management support, while aligning the site with stakeholders and customers to ensure the missions and outcomes of Bayer and customers are achieved; 
• Ensure capabilities, mindsets & skillsets are developed for all site personnel to enhance the customer experience; 
• Influence across the NA RCP network, stakeholders, NA Product Supply and Commercial leadership to achieve site, network, business, product and customer strategies and successes; 
• Responsible and accountable for Site Profit and Loss (P&L), including revenue, COGM, and COGS, and for managing the planning and execution of capital and expense projects; 
• Effectively monitors and delivers production efficiency to provide cost-competitive services to Bayer Crop Science customers by providing leadership in onePSS efforts to drive continuous improvement initiatives and identify key cost levers; 
• Define and track KPIs and metrics needed to reliably deliver site objectives and outcomes;  
• Accountable for the timely delivery of quality supply in line with production schedules while maintaining efficient operations and meeting customer expectations; 
• Safeguard operations from external distractions by leveraging  support from off-site Mission Teams, while generating value through resource and talent allocation to enhance efficiency, eliminate waste, and support critical mission and process improvement objectives; 
• Serve as the primary liaison and Bayer representative within the community where the Site resides; 
• Generate holistic impact for stakeholders, with mindset of possibility;
• Be constantly clear about the vision and the goals of your team and maximize value for all stakeholders (Customers);
• Co-create new value through reimagining, with a mindset of abundance; 
• Talk about "We" instead of "Us and they" and encourage team members to build new capabilities;
• Helps design and align on strategies as needed; 
• Collaborate in empowered networks, with a mindset of partnership;
• Empower teams with clear ownership, encourage team members to speak up, and ask them for their opinion;
• Evolve through rapid learning, with a mindset of discovery;
• Create a psychologically safe space to develop brave new ideas and encourage testing and learning – "Good enough now, safe enough to try."

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma;
• Valid Driver’s license and eligibility to drive a company car or pooled vehicle (driving record must meet guidelines based on the company’s Risk Screening for Hiring Drivers and MVR will be reviewed as part of pre-employment screening);
• Ability to work extended hours during peak seasons or when business needs require it;
• Leadership experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or the agriculture industry;
• Skilled at leading, managing conflict, and negotiating with cross-functional teams;
• Demonstration of courage, candor, and initiative in past assignments;
• Ability to empower and foster an environment of accountability;
• Experience in lean manufacturing systems;
• Capable of effectively influencing without authority, with a broad range of stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, engineering disciplines, Supply Chain Management, Business, or similar degree, and a minimum of 15 years of applicable experience;
• High School Diploma and 20 years of applicable experience;
• 7+ years of experience influencing and developing large teams;
• Breadth of perspective on the Bayer Crop Science Business overall.

This posting will be available for application until at least 1/20/26.

Relocation may be offered for this role.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $168,080.00 to $252,120.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.