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Administrative Assistant - Crop Science - ND/SD Commercial Sales

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As an Administrative Assistant for our Crop Science Commercial Sales organization you will performs various administrative duties for FOUR (4) Area Sales Team leaders (ABMs) in the North Dakota/South Dakota geography. Your primary responsibility will be to these leaders, but you will indirectly support their team of 16-32 Field Sales Representatives. Your duties will often involve work of a confidential nature and require a thorough knowledge of the practices and procedures of the commercial sales functions, Bayer Seed/Chemistry products as well as our internal policies and programs. This role can either be hybrid based out of our St. Louis, MO (Creve Coeur) HQ office OR can be residence based in geography (ND/SD/MN) with limited travel for meetings a few times a year.

The primary responsibilities of this role, Administrative Assistant, are to:

• Gathers and analyzes information; prepares reports, manuals, agendas, correspondence and memorandum as guided by general company practice;
• Establishes and maintains departmental databases and develops spreadsheets of importance to department;
• Assists in meeting planning and preparation work needed, i.e., drafting agendas and broader communications;
• Coordinates details of departmental meetings and/or on and off site conferences and events;
• Prepares materials in final form from very rough and involved drafts which may utilize frequent use of technical terminology and which combines materials from several sources;
• Manages business travel arrangements;
• Screens/ redirect calls, takes messages, handles mail;
• Coordinates activities across departments and follows up to ensure that requests are carried out;
• Processes expense reports and payment of invoices;
• Interfaces with other assistants to share and coordinate workload;
• May cross train lower level assistants in the departments;
• Performing additional accountabilities as required.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our L.I.F.E. (Leadership, Integrity, Flexibility & Efficiency) values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma;
• Proficiency in PC applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities;
• Highly organized;
• Able to work with employees at all levels of the organization.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates degree + ;
• Strong previous administrative or account support background;
• Previous experience with Bayer systems, policies and processes;
• Crop Science / Agriculture exposure.