Strategic Accounts Analyst

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.

Strategic Accounts Analyst

Bayer is committed to a flexible hybrid working environment. This is a permanent position ideally based out of Calgary, Alberta.

What you will do:

The primary responsibilities of this role, Strategic Accounts Analyst, are to:

• Develop and improve Strategic Account processes such as: strategic account retail rebate reconciliation, forecasting, targeting setting by product by customer, sell-in phasing, and product allocations and supply;
• Co-ordinate the collection and analysis of sales data specific to strategic accounts for the purposes of understanding market share, retail segmentation, target lists, inventories and emerging trends;
• Support the retail and distributor program designs through collaboration within the Strategic Account community, Customer Engagement Marketing, Customer Service, Business Insights and Customer Engagement, Business Intelligence and Product Leads;
• Own accurate and timely reconciliation of retail and distributor programs through collaboration with the retail reconciliation community. This includes, but is not limited to, detailed QA of rebate reconciliation files, consolidation of required backup files, and tracking of payments with finance;
• Work closely with Strategic Account Leads and Demand Planning community to accurately forecast sell-in and on-ground sales of both seed and crop protection for communication to North American Bayer Leadership;
• Gain expert level use of Bayer software application tools (i.e. CRM)
• Collaborate with Strategic Account Leads on design and achievement of business sales outcomes;
• Assist in communication with Unit leads, Business Develop Leads and Squads on account strategy and business planning;
• Help provide Business Insights across all distribution channels - utilize benchmarking and growth opportunity trends;

Who you are:

Your success will be driven by your demonstrations of our commitment to a positive work environment built on the principles of Dynamic Shared Ownership.

• B.A / B.Sc of Agriculture/Business/related discipline (additional advanced degree is an asset)
• Strong business experience in sales, marketing and data insights
• Understanding of the Canadian agriculture business landscape and processes
• Extensive computer skills, specifically MS Excel, Power BI and other data gathering and analysis tools
• Knowledge of agriculture distributor and retail requirements, structure and operating systems
• A high degree of leadership and collaboration skills
• Excellent detail orientation and organization
• Strong analytical mindset
• Strong English communication skills both verbal and written

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and rewards package
• Collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture
• Career development and global opportunities
• Work-life flexibility programs such as flex hours, employee discounts, volunteer days, wellness, and other employee offerings

Bayer is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences and believe that our people are our most valuable asset. The collective sum of individual life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities that our employees invest in their work represents our culture, reputation, and Bayer's values and purpose.

All referral candidates must first be submitted via our internal referral system by a current Bayer employee in order to participate in the referral program. Once a Bayer employee has successfully referred you in our system, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application.

This posting will be available for application until at least Dec 19 - Jan 12.

Bayer welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Candidates participating in our selection process requiring accommodation due to a disability or medical need are encouraged to notify the Bayer representative that they will be meeting with to ensure appropriate arrangements can be made.

Location:

Canada : Alberta : Calgary

Division:

Crop Science

Reference Code:

836089