Job Summary:

• The role will Plan and Schedule production related activities for both field and processing activities for the three sites in East Africa- Kenya,
  Ethiopia and Tanzania.
• Further the role will ensure end-to-end crop plan execution for the region. 
• This includes crop planting plans, quality testing planning and scheduling, harvest planning and scheduling, delivery planning and scheduling, processing planning and schedule management.

Detailed Expectations:

• Plan and schedule production related activities across three sites in East Africa with key objective of creating transparency in the execution
  of the crop plans for the locations.
• In liaison with country production leads ensures accurate crop yield forecasting to achieve 95% crop plan adherence.
• In liaison with the Field Mission teams, develops crop delivery plans and ensures attainment of at least 95% harvest adherence.
• Coordinate on time Field sampling for SNP testing to achieve defined Turn-Around-Time and results on hand before harvesting commences.
• In liaison with the in-season planning mission team, the role coordinates the processing plan and ensures Processing Plan Adherence of atleast 95%.
• In liaison with the East Africa procurement lead, ensures all production consumables in line with the crop forecast are on hand prior to the
  production campaign.
• Coordinate KPI reporting for Tier 3 meetings and in S&OP and S&OE.
• Work with the Production Warehouse team to ensure seed is moved to finished goods warehouses.
• In liaison with Site Production Coordinators ensures Inventory visibility in SAP.
• Ensures weekly reporting of production status. The report will go out every Monday to all identified stakeholders.
• Maintain planning and scheduling records as required by the QMS management systems.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance standards and management system set by ISO9001:2015.
• Provide information and insights on planning activities.
• Participate in 5WHY problem solving identifying corrective and preventative actions.
• Actively participate in implementation of the site safety program, lead ESH efforts, and aid and arrange for resources to promote site safety
  in line with ISO45001 standards.
• Adhere to all applicable legislation, Bayer safety policies and procedures

Key Working Relationships:

• Operate in Resource Mission Squad
• Squad Connections:
• End-to-End Mission Team
• Production Squad
• Trade and Compliance Squad
• HSE Squad
• Field Mission Team
• One Management System Squad ISO
• Planning Mission

Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in business, Agriculture., Engineering, or related fields.
• At least 10 years' experience in seed manufacturing operations and management or planning.
• MS Office software Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Results focused with ability to work on own initiative
• Strong teamwork flexibility to work across the areas and positively influencing others
• Establish clear direction and making decisions on a timely manner
• Fluent in English
• ISO training-desirable