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Submission Date: July 29, 2008

Commercial Seed Treatment & Traits Coordinator

Job ID: 6069

Type of Position: Full-Time Regular
Minimum Salary: not specified
Maximum Salary: not specified
City: KANSAS CITY
State: MO
Required Education:
Bachelors Degree
Required Experience: 8 years

Division Introduction

Bayer CropScience (BCS) is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. With our headquarters in Monheim, Germany, Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,900, and is represented in more than 120 countries. BCS is structured into six Business Operations units: four regional crop protection units and two units responsible for Environmental Science and BioScience – offering an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture as well as for non-agricultural applications.

Job Description

Responsibilities:
The primary responsibility of this role is to assist in Regional implementation and fulfilment of Seed Treatment Marketing Programs, focusing on Commercial Seed Companies in respect to Seed Treatment (ST) business and trait intentions; provide tracking and monitoring support to Seed Treatment Regional Business Coordinator, sharing critical external sales reports, market / industry trends, sales forecasts and competitive program information; and, communicate tactical alignment efforts by headquarters functions (Commercial Operations Leadership, Marketing, Customer Service, and Supply Chain) with external Seed Treatment and Crop Protection sales reps, Key Account Managers, Integrated Crop Platform (ICP) coordinators and regional sales offices.

The incumbent will:

Represent seed treatment commercial operations on crop teams when appropriate and/or transfer important business intelligence to ICP coordinators for implementation in crop team meetings;
Collect, organize and report back to ST Product Managers and regional headquarters business intelligence on external market awareness (received through direct seed company accounts, competitive data, sales reps, etc.);
Communicate and coordinate important Seed Company business intelligence to ICP coordinators for the use in crop team meetings as it pertains to Seed Treatment and trait needs;
Communicate and promote trait information while gathering business needs surrounding Liberty link trait opportunities;
Communicate and be part of the development of Regionalized and/or crop ST commercial programs;
Team with Seed Treatment sales reps to execute Regional Implementation of ST Programs;
Coordinate and communicate marketing programs with Commercial Seed Accounts;
Work internally with ST Regional Business Coordinator to develop tactical programs for specific product or market needs;
Communicate regional marketing programs to specific sales districts as needed in partnership with ST District Sales Managers;
Work to “calendarize” and communicate to the districts the logistics of fulfilment to meet program deadlines;
Monitor Region complaints, assist if needed;
Travel within Region, 50 to 75% to develop coaching/training skills and identify opportunities to assist the Commercial Operation Management team;
Work with ICP managers/Seed Treatment product managers on tactical advertising and local PR needs.

Qualifications

The selected candidate will possess:

B.S. degree in related field, preferably in Agricultural Sciences / Agri-Business with 8-12 years prior sales experience;
Thorough understanding of the various aspects and problems of the agricultural chemical/Seed Treatment markets gained from being a truly seasoned expert in sales / marketing and/or comparable experience.
Overall understanding of the agriculture industry;
Demonstrated knowledge of practices in seed / seed treatments, pesticide, herbicide and fungicide usage would be expected.
Understanding of Bayer and our competitors’ products;
Demonstrated excellent organizational, follow up and analytical skills are necessary, as this role will transfer knowledge of market trends and product opportunities into actionable plans among the districts, but also to crop teams and product management teams in headquarters;
Proven ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced and matrix environment;
Extensive interpersonal, communication skills (oral and written) and project management skills;
Advanced computer and presentation skills (proficiencies in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Lotus Notes);
Ability to travel 50-75%, as needed

Preferred Qualifications
- B.S. degree in Agricultural Sciences / Agri-Business
- MBA
- Seed sales experience

Bayer Benefits

We offer a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefit programs. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible for an array of innovative rewards and recognition programs, variable pay and incentive opportunities as well as benefits coverage beginning on your first day of employment. We are committed to helping our employees maintain a healthy balance between their responsibilities at work and home. You will be eligible for paid time off programs, paid company holidays, flexible work options and numerous site conveniences. We are also committed to supporting your professional development through career ladders, training programs, tuition assistance and professional association events.

Bayer Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, we encourage you to explore how you can make a difference at Bayer by applying now.

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