Rotational Development Program Associate

About the role

Bayer's Crop Science Product Supply organization is seeking recent or upcoming graduates to join the Rotational Development Program. This program offers hands-on experience across multiple areas of the organization, allowing you to develop a career path tailored to your interests, development needs, and the needs of the business. After completing the program, your talent, experience, and skills will be matched to a full-time position within the organization.

Program structure & expectations

The Rotational Development Program offers graduates with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree within Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Agriculture, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering or the Sciences or a related field the opportunity to learn, network, and grow within the Crop Science Product Supply organization. Within 24 months, you will complete three 8-month assignments contributing to several business relevant projects within the various organizations.

Based on your academic focus, degree, skills, and personal career aspirations, the program offers various focus areas that include but aren't limited to Supply Chain Management, Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence, Data Analytics, Digital, Seed Production, Vegetables, and Active Ingredient Manufacturing. As a career development program, you will receive hands-on training, mentoring, and coaching from key stakeholders and leaders and your fellow colleagues throughout the organization.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this role, Rotational Development Program Associate, will be focused on one of multiple focus areas such as Product Supply, Supply Chain, Data & Analytics, and Engineering. There will also be a focus on development and improvement initiatives that have local, regional, and global impact within the three rotations. The goal of this program is to offer challenging assignments through hands-on experience as a team member within each assigned function. Specific tasks and responsibilities are related to the specific assignments during the program.

Throughout these rotations, emphasis will be on:

• Gaining experience across the organization to understand the business and collaborate with team members and leadership to provide high levels of customer satisfaction
• Influencing and managing complex cross-functional, inter-business, multi-area projects and relationships involving a considerable amount of self-motivation, analytical ability, and independent judgment
• Evaluating, identifying, developing, and executing continuous improvement initiatives with support from subject matter experts within the relevant field
• Analyzing key data and metrics to identify Product Supply performance opportunities
• Developing innovative solutions, approaches, methodologies, and offerings that address both present and future business needs
• Synthesizing conclusions into recommendations and working directly with the Product Supply teams to implement change
• Driving ownership of project-related tasks to actively contribute to ongoing assigned projects at tactical and strategic levels
• Exploring opportunities outside of Product Supply that drive collaboration cross-functionally
• Engaging in continued development of self and area personnel with peer coaching and constructive feedback

Required qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree within Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Agriculture, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering or the Sciences or a related field completed by May 2026
• GPA of 3.0 or above at time of graduation
• Express ideas and information, orally and/or in writing, in a clear, concise, and understandable manner to diverse audiences
• Proficient in English
• Ability to work well in a team environment and demonstrate co-creation and inclusive culture – working with International and Domestic employees
• High level of maturity and strong willingness and demonstrated ability to learn new concepts quickly
• Consistently demonstrates innovative thinking that is customer-centric
• Excellent results orientation and agility
• Interest in a skill-based career path driven by expertise building

Preferred qualifications

• Possess internship or co-op work experience in related industry
• Demonstrated leadership (i.e. – current leaders of clubs, campus organizations, etc.)
• Desire for mobility
• Experience working across cross functional/matrix environments
• Degree completion within two years prior to program start date of June 2027

Benefits

• Full benefits
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Flexible work options
• Work-life balance
• Ongoing career development