Unit Leader - Boone, IA

Bayer AG; Boone (IA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

Bayer in Boone, Iowa is seeking an Unit Leader to plan, direct and coordinate all manufacturing activities, ensuring safe, cost-efficient production and regulatory compliance. You will lead staffing, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives while overseeing safety and quality programs at the plant.

The role requires a blend of technical leadership and people management within a dynamic production environment.

Qualifications

• BS in agriculture, an engineering discipline, Supply Chain Management, or a similar field with a minimum of 5 years of applicable experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent with 8 years of applicable experience.
• Basic user knowledge of standard computer programs (Internet, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, tablets/smart devices).
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company driving record guidelines.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical.
• Ability to work extended hours during peak seasons or when business needs require it.
• Willingness and ability to work multiple shifts (days or nights).

Responsibilities

• Foster collaboration in a flat network of autonomous entrepreneurial squads and support their focus on mission to deliver beneficial outcomes for team members, customers, and stakeholders.
• Add value by guiding Unit and squad development to deliver the best product and customer experience, enabling squads to run daily production activities and execute the daily production schedule.
• Drive a culture of innovation by encouraging teams to generate, evaluate, and rapidly implement creative ideas while promoting onePSS activities and collaboration with partners and experts outside the Unit.
• Serve as an escalation point for task and project prioritization, problem solving, continuous improvement, and conflict resolution, modeling VACC behaviors and prioritizing squad self-organization.
• Optimize squad members’ performance, development, and empowerment through DSO principles, promoting fluid talent and resource utilization within the Unit and ensuring outcome orientation.
• Collaborate with internal and external networks to secure the support and resources needed for Unit success while ensuring Unit compliance and empowering squads as much as possible.
• Facilitate the co-creation of a shared vision and higher purpose that resonate with customers, act as a visible change agent by removing obstacles and connecting different parts of the system, and help employees develop capabilities and mindsets to thrive and foster inclusion and empowerment.
• Monitor site P&L and support teams in maintaining financial balance and alignment with business objectives.

Skills

Excel

Driver's license

Pre-employment physical

Shift work

Extended hours

Education

Bachelor's degree in agriculture/engineering/supply chain

High School Diploma with 8 years experience

Tools

Internet

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Tablets/Smart devices

Job description

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At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

As Unit Leader at our Boone, Iowa site, you plan, direct, and coordinate all manufacturing activities in the plant to produce high-quality products at competitive costs while adhering to safety and legal regulations; You ensure safe, cost-effective, timely, and specification-compliant production in line with Standard Operating Procedures, while overseeing process and plant safety, employee health and safety, quality, and plant emergency operations; You safeguard external and internal regulatory compliance, including environmental aspects of the plant, and work closely with engineering and technology teams to ensure the safe technical functioning of production facilities; You plan, staff, organize, and manage personnel, including training and supervision, allocate cost centers and resources necessary for safe and efficient operations, and drive continuous improvement by planning, implementing, and optimizing production processes and projects related to cost savings, performance improvement, investments, and integrations.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Unit Leader (Boone, Iowa), are to:

• Foster collaboration in a flat network of autonomous entrepreneurial squads and support their focus on mission to deliver beneficial outcomes for team members, customers, and stakeholders;
• Add value by guiding Unit and squad development to deliver the best product and customer experience, enabling squads to run daily production activities and execute the daily production schedule;
• Drive a culture of innovation by encouraging teams to generate, evaluate, and rapidly implement creative ideas while promoting onePSS activities and collaboration with partners and experts outside the Unit;
• Serve as an escalation point for task and project prioritization, problem solving, continuous improvement, and conflict resolution, modeling VACC behaviors and prioritizing squad self-organization;
• Optimize squad members’ performance, development, and empowerment through DSO principles, promoting fluid talent and resource utilization within the Unit and ensuring outcome orientation;
• Collaborate with internal and external networks to secure the support and resources needed for Unit success while ensuring Unit compliance and empowering squads as much as possible;
• Facilitate the co-creation of a shared vision and higher purpose that resonate with customers, act as a visible change agent by removing obstacles and connecting different parts of the system, and help employees develop capabilities and mindsets to thrive and foster inclusion and empowerment;
• Monitor site P&L and support teams in maintaining financial balance and alignment with business objectives.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• BS in agriculture, an engineering discipline, Supply Chain Management, or a similar field with a minimum of 5 years of applicable experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent with 8 years of applicable experience;
• Basic user knowledge of standard computer programs (Internet, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, tablets/smart devices);
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company driving record guidelines;
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical;
• Ability to work extended hours during peak seasons or when business needs require it;
• Willingness and ability to work multiple shifts (days or nights).

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience in managing and developing teams;
• Leadership experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or the agriculture industry;
• Skill in leading, managing conflict, and negotiating with cross-functional teams;
• Ability to empower others while holding them accountable.

Position is in Boone, Iowa

Eligible for Domestic Relocation Assistance

Posting will be available until August 27, 2026

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $ 97,760.00 - $146,640.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Other benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. If selected for this role, the offer may vary based on 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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