Operations & Communications Support Specialist (m/f)

OPERATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST (M/F) Bayer CropScience is looking for a smart and strong motivated Operations & Communications Support Specialist within Crop Science business. YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES You will coordinate breeding operations across sites in EMEA. This includes ensuring operational excellence through the management of the community of the breeding operations teams, defining common processes, sharing “know-how” across sites, and executing operational support for small sites. You will drive the breeding internal communication to ensure teams engagement across the highly diverse staff across >20 countries in the region with a special focus on our planet impact effort. Your main responsibilities are: * Lead the community of operations people across the region by setting regional process, sharing updates and support the operation sites in their day-by-day job * Manage and update the Operations master data in the Operations SharePoint * Provide admin support for small sites (less than 5 people); create and maintain lease contracts for the region * Define, drive and implement communication plans for our breeding sites and team (e.g. sharing EMEA strategy, EMEA goals, Organize regional meetings, ect) * Map our key external partners and stakeholders and drive corresponding communications * Administrate our shared platforms (SharePoint, Teams, distribution list): access management, content, tracking * Handle the recognition program (from program definition to the gadget purchase and expedition) * Supervise planet impact project program by setting and communicating the goals, tracking and reporting progress done, inserting site projects in the database, planning touch points with site leads and quarterly calls to galvanize the key stakeholders * Promote our Social media platform (Yammer) and create new communication supports like video Your stakeholders are: Regional Product Development and EMEA Functional Leads; Member of extended EMEA Breeding leadership team; Member of Site Operations Lead Community; Operations community across global Breeding and Key stakeholders in region and country and in the share services WHO YOU ARE * MSc or BSc Degree or equivalent in Agriculture or related discipline with minimum of 3 years of Agronomy, field development or R&D related experience * Very good communication skills and cultural sensitivity; ability to interact with various stakeholders with different cultural, educational, and professional background * Ability to perform successfully in a fast-paced, dynamic, team-based environment. * Manage multiple projects and priorities * Act in an ethical manner in all business transactions * Confidentiality, proactive approach and Process oriented capabilities are required * Fluent in English or native language and further languages desired Type of contract: Permanent You will be based in one of the following location: * Olmeneta (Italy) * Toury (Boissay, France), Peyrehorade (France), Monbequi (France), La Mézière (France) * Kunzing (Germany) or Borken (Germany) * Isando (Petit, South Africa) APPLICATION PERIOD: 10.02.2022 - 23.02.2022 REFERENCE CODE: 565341 DIVISION: Crop Science LOCATION: France : Eure-et-Loir : Boissay || France : Ille-et-Vilaine : La Mézière || France : Landes : Peyrehorade || France : Tarn-et-Garonne : Monbequi || Germany : Bavaria : Künzing || Germany : North Rhine Westfalia : Borken || Italy : Lombardia : Olmeneta || South Africa : Gauteng : Isando FUNCTIONAL AREA: Biotechnology R&D POSITION GRADE: EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Regular WORK TIME: Full time CONTACT US ADDRESS TELEPHONE E-MAIL Viale Certosa 130, 20156 Milano HROP_Italy@bayer.com