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Stewardship IT Manager 

 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

 

The primary responsibilities of this role, Stewardship IT Manager, are to:

 

• Influence the development strategy and assist with testing to successfully implement enterprise and locally developed IT tools to support the digitization of the Plant Biotechnology Compliance team;
• Collaborate with research scientists and IT to troubleshoot, problem solve, and develop new Stewardship solutions implemented into corporate IT systems;
• Understand and represent the needs and processes of the research scientists to serve as the liaison with IT developers to implement digital solutions;
• Collaborate with R & D Compliance teams to ensure standardization of processes and efficiency gains for implementing enterprise IT solutions;
• Develop and provide Stewardship related training to Biotech scientists;
• Collaborate with Plant Biotech digital launch leads to ensure compliance workflows are prioritized, developed, tested, and fully functional for launch internally with the team as well as external collaborators;
• Implement local Stewardship digital tools and contingency plans to supplement existing corporate data systems;
• Ensure availability, maintain and further develop processes and tools to keep the business compliant with requirements of internal and external R&D Quality processes, partners and authorities;
• Create and support agency permits for Plant Biotech R&D;
• Set and apply state of the art R&D quality measures;
• Communication of process relevant changes;
• Ensure appropriate containment measures are in place to meet permit conditions and ensure no material is out of place;
• Champion process improvement philosophies such as IMS, Lean, and Six Sigma;
• Address compliance incidents, perform root cause analysis, and proactively mitigate process risks.

 

 

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 of Science degree or similar education;
• 3 years of experience in a scientific or technical discipline such as Agronomy, Biology, Digital Science, etc.;
• Good knowledge of R&D business practices and processes;
• Project Management skills;
• Strong interpersonal and good communication skills;
• Project management experience with the ability to drive projects to completion while working under tight timelines;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, leading and influencing people at varying levels of responsibility;
• Ability to excel in ambiguous environment; thinking objectively and leveraging information to develop corporate strategies and guidelines that effectively balances compliance and operations. 

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• Proficient in Bayer’s enterprise data management and analysis software;
• Experience with Compliance and/or Trait Quality;
• Understanding of Regulatory processes such as permits, confined trials and laboratory compliance, and quality systems such as ISO 9001:2015.

 

 

 

Position will be located in Chesterfield, Missouri (St. Louis area) or any approved US Bayer Crop Science site.

 

YOUR APPLICATION

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Science for a better life, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.  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.
Bayer is an E-Verify Employer.
Location:	United States : Missouri : Chesterfield || United States : Illinois : Stonington || United States : Iowa : Grinnell || United States : Minnesota : Redwood Falls || United States : Nebraska : Kearney || United States : Texas : Lubbock
Division:	Crop Science
Reference Code:	799088

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Email:	hrop_usa@bayer.com