Cotton Quality Testing Lab Lead

Bayer; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

PTO

Job summary

Bayer Crop Science North America seeks a senior leader to head seed quality, genetics testing, and data generation across corn, soybean, cotton, sorghum, and vegetables. This role guides quality decisions and drives strategic projects to advance production and product innovation.

You will lead teams, partner across sites, and coach peers to improve performance and customer outcomes, with relocation possible and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strategic mindset and ability to manage complexity.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Proven leadership and coaching abilities.
• Global business process understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead seed quality and genetics testing, analysis, and data generation in North America for corn, soybean, cotton, sorghum, and vegetable seeds.
• Support up to $8B in commercial fit-for-sale quality decisions.
• Provide analysis, data and results for special projects that move production, testing, and product innovation forward.
• Build a vision and plan for operational excellence together with partners, and drive changes that improve customer experience, operational performance, and operational discipline.
• Model and champion coaching between colleagues, partners, and sites.

Skills

Strategic mindset

Decision making

Collaboration

Communication

Coaching

Conflict management

Agility

Leadership

People development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Bachelor's degree in agricultural, business, scientific or technical field

Job description

Lead all lab work for processing, testing, and analyzing seeds. That work produces the quality data used for product advancement, fit-for-sale decisions, and special projects across Bayer Crop Science North America.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead seed quality and genetics testing, analysis, and data generation in North America for corn, soybean, cotton, sorghum, and vegetable seeds;
• Support up to $8B in commercial fit-for-sale quality decisions;
• Provide analysis, data and results for special projects that move production, testing, and product innovation forward;
• Build a vision and plan for operational excellence together with partners, and drive changes that improve customer experience, operational performance, and operational discipline;
• Model and champion coaching between colleagues, partners, and sites.

WHO YOU ARE

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree;
• Strategic mindset, strong decision making, and ability to manage complexity;
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal skills, and conflict management skills;
• Strong agility and a focus on results;
• VACC leadership behaviors;
• Strong leader, influencer, and communicator who builds trust;
• Ability to develop people and coaches’ others;
• Innovative, critical thinker and culturally aware.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an agricultural, business, scientific or technical field;
• Advanced degree;
• 12+ years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree plus 8+ years in lab management, manufacturing, or serving customers. This should include managing budgets, managing projects and leading teams;
• 5+ years in management roles, plus a deep understanding of business processes at a global company;
• Experience in lab operations, row crops, and R&D.

This posting will be available for application until at least 11/9/26.

Relocation may be offered for this role.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $147,840.00 to $221,760.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs.

To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

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Location: United States : Texas : Lubbock

Division: Crop Science

Reference Code: 895358

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