Customer Solutions Manager II - US (Residence Based)

Bayer; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayer is seeking a supply chain operations lead in the US to oversee Order-to-Bill and Bill-to-Cash, drive process improvements, and coordinate NDC-12 readiness across master data, SAP, and system interfaces. This role requires strong cross-functional coordination and experience in regulated pharmaceutical environments.

The position emphasizes collaboration with IT, regulatory, quality, and commercial teams to ensure compliant service delivery, optimal inventory, and customer satisfaction in a

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Information Systems, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree with equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare customer operations, supply chain, master data and systems integration.
• Experience working in regulated pharmaceutical environments and with serialized, specialty, temperature-sensitive, partner‑managed, 3PL‑supported, or contract‑controlled supply models is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SAP/ERP, customer and product master data, EDI/API interfaces, serialization or traceability, inventory and partner operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and execute daily Order-to-Bill and Bill-to-Cash activities, including account setup, customer service, order processing, billing, reconciliation and cash-collection support.
• Maintain oversight of third-party operations at Accenture and serve as the escalation point for operational, customer, supply and billing issues.
• Drive compliant process improvements, support launches and new business or supply models, and act as a subject-matter expert for contracts, operational controls and audit inquiries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on logistics and supply chain operations to develop tailored solutions for customers; cultivate relationships with account managers, sales, finance, and marketing teams to enhance engagement.
• Coordinate NDC-12 impact assessments and readiness activities across master data, SAP and system interfaces, serialization, customer operations, pricing, contracting, government pricing and special programs.
• Align cross-functional requirements and standards, dependencies and controls with interfacing functions, such as IT, Master Data, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Market Access, Legal, Compliance and external partners.
• Lead the integrated cluster plans and maintain project risks, decisions, dependencies, readiness metrics, documentation and escalation paths, providing updates to PMO and leadership.
• Maintain alignment with industry discussions regarding NDC-12 implementation and Bayer's readiness approach.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Regulatory understanding

SAP/ERP proficiency

Education

Master’s degree in Business/Supply Chain/Healthcare/Information Systems

Bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience

Tools

SAP/ERP

EDI/API interfaces

Serialization/traceability

Master data & systems integration

Job description

Bayer is seeking a supply chain operations lead in the US to oversee Order-to-Bill and Bill-to-Cash, drive process improvements, and coordinate NDC-12 readiness across master data, SAP, and system interfaces. This role requires strong cross-functional coordination and experience in regulated pharmaceutical environments.

The position emphasizes collaboration with IT, regulatory, quality, and commercial teams to ensure compliant service delivery, optimal inventory, and customer satisfaction in a