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POSITION:  Administrative / Logistics Assistant

Based in El Campo, Texas, the BioScience business of Bayer CropScience is building its Hybrid Rice organization.

As an Administrative / Logistics Assistant with Bayer's Hybrid Rice team, you will play an integral part in our business process. You will provide administrative support for the establishment and advancement of a Hybrid Rice enterprise and be directly accountable for maintaining logistics systems and ensuring that daily logistic functions for all seed activities (foundation and hybrid) are administered in a timely and effective manner. You will be responsible for general local administrative support of the Breeding and Development team.

More specifically, you will assist with and support the following:

  • Provide administrative support to the Seed Production Manager and extensive interaction with staff in Breeding, Parent Seed Production and Hybrid seed production, Sales, Financial & Accounting, and Marketing
  • Coordinate logistic administration for all inventory from the field to the processor, processor to warehouse, warehouse to sales
  • Work closely with internal customers from Bayer Supply Chain, Breeding and Development, and Sales and Marketing Staff in El Campo, as well as North America supply chain staff based out of Research Triangle Park, NC, SAP administrators, IT department and Finance department, as well as external customers, seed growers, chemical fertilizer suppliers, custom pollinators, custom applicators, suppliers, service providers, trucking firms, hybrid seed distributors, H2A employees, employment service employees and industry colleagues 
  • Along with the team at El Campo, become the face of BioScience business to the Hybrid Rice industry
  • Support Operations via SAP accounting, bill processing, ordering and receiving
  • Maintain applications, records, hiring logs, time cards, and payment to temporary or season employees obtained through Employment Services.
  • Training, documentation, and record keeping for QHSE
  • Provide payments due within hybrid rice seed contracts for growers and processors
  • SAP coding/tracking/accounting of expenditures
  • Establishment, maintenance, update, and control of foundation seed rice (A-line) inventory and hybrid rice (A x R) inventory 
  • Oversight and documentation of processing, conditioning, and treating of hybrid rice seed
  • Writing of process flow diagrams for internal usage
  • Writing, evaluating, and implementing standard operating procedures for internal usage to comply with QMP
  • Prepare complex reports and presentations
  • Arrange meetings/conferences/travel
  • Draft correspondence

Position Requirements

  • A two-year technical certificate in Business Administration, or equivalent relevant work experience preferably in Inventory Management operations or administration.
  • Minimum 5 years experience in administration including inventory management, ordering, receiving, distribution, personnel management, and ability to learn process skills as required
  • Be familiar with the seed industry especially issues related to seed production
  • Proven ability to coordinate and prioritize the workload of multiple activities, while maintaining a high level of customer service in a complex environment.
  • The ability to resolve problems by drawing on own knowledge and experience and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
  • The ability to demonstrate attention to detail to achieve quality results.
  • Extensive data entry skills along with strong MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and LotusNotes skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Good analytical skills in monitoring data
  • Excellent team oriented skills
  • Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to think and work independently and to take a lead role in solving basic queries and problems as they arise

Preferred Requirements

  • SAP experience
  • Bilingual with Spanish language skills

To apply for this position, go to www.bayerjobs.com and apply for job ID 5246

Bayer CropScience, with US headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina is a recognized leader in the Crop Protection market in terms of new product and innovation. The company offers an outstanding range of products and service for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications, such as turf, landscape, structural and vector pest control, and home and garden.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
Bayer Corporation is committed to enhancing and maintaining cultural diversity within our work environment.

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