Executive Assistant

Bayer; Chesterfield (AL); 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 is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide proactive administrative and operational support to Global and North America Engineering leadership. You will coordinate schedules, travel, and meetings across functions and geographies, ensuring operational excellence in day-to-day activities.

The ideal candidate has strong organizational skills, initiative, and experience with Microsoft 365. International exposure is preferred, and the role includes compensation with base salary and potential

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree is required with strong initiative and ownership.
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience working across cultures and time zones is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications; self-driven and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Manage executive and leadership calendars, meeting schedules, and travel arrangements.
• Prepare agendas, materials, minutes, and track action items to completion.
• Coordinate Leadership Team meetings and cross-functional events.
• Support onboarding, recruiting coordination, and related employee communications.
• Track deadlines, follow-ups, and leadership commitments.
• Facilitate project routing, documentation, and information repositories.
• Manage procurement activities, purchase orders, invoices, cost centers, and budgeting reports.
• Coordinate vendor visits, guest support, and facility needs.

Skills

Calendar management

Communication

Self-starter

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Microsoft 365

Cross-cultural experience

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft 365 Suite

Job description

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:

• Associate’s degree;
• 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).

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

Additional benefits include:

• health care
• vision
• dental
• retirement
• PTO
• sick leave
• etc.

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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Contact Us

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Location:United States : Missouri : Chesterfield

Division:Crop Science

Reference Code:884194