Executive Assistant

Bayer AG; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 64,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision

Dental

Retirement

PTO

Sick leave

Etc.

Job summary

Bayer AG in Chesterfield, MO is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide proactive administrative and operational support to Global and NA Engineering leadership. You will coordinate calendars, travel, meetings, and strategic initiatives to enable execution and organizational excellence.

Ideal candidates are self-starters with strong organizational and communication skills, experienced in MS 365, and able to work across cultures and time zones. Salary range provided with bonus potential.

Qualifications

• Self-starter with ownership mindset.
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
• International exposure and time-zone coordination preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications.
• High engagement, action‑oriented, resourceful problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Manage executive calendars, travel, and meeting schedules.
• Prepare agendas, materials, minutes, and track actions.
• Coordinate Leadership Team meetings and events.
• Support onboarding/offboarding and recruiting communications.
• Track deadlines and leadership commitments.
• Oversee workflows, docs, and shared information repositories.
• Manage procurement, PO processing, and budget reporting.
• Coordinate vendor visits, guest support, and records.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Self-starter

Highly organized

Communication skills

Time management

Microsoft 365

Cross-cultural experience

Education

Associate’s degree with 6 years relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree with 4 years relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

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Executive Assistant

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You will provide proactive administrative, operational, and organizational support to Global and North America Engineering leadership, enabling effective execution of strategic priorities, projects, and team initiatives. Additionally, you will serve as a highly engaged and self‑directed partner to the leadership team, anticipating needs, coordinating activities across functions and geographies, and ensuring operational excellence in day‑to‑day business activities.

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

• Manage executive and leadership team calendars, meeting schedules, and travel arrangements;
• Prepare agendas, presentations, meeting materials, minutes, and track action items to completion;
• Coordinate Leadership Team meetings, face‑to‑face events, department meetings, and other team events;
• Support onboarding, offboarding, recruiting coordination, and related employee communications;
• Track deadlines, follow‑ups, recurring deliverables, and leadership team commitments;
• Facilitate project routing, approval workflows, documentation management, and shared information repositories;
• Manage procurement activities, purchase orders, invoice processing, cost center tracking, and budget reporting;
• Coordinate vendor visits, guest support, facility’s needs, team communications, and organizational records;
• Other duties as assigned.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Self-starter with strong initiative and ownership mindset;
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills;
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently;
• International exposure and experience working across cultures and time zones preferred;
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications;
• High engagement, action‑oriented, resourceful problem solver.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree with 6 years relevant experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree with 4 years relevant experience;
• International exposure and experience working across cultures and time zones preferred.

This posting will be available for application until at least 9/23/26.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $64,080.00 to $96,120.00.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.

YOUR APPLICATION

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

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below.

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