Business Systems Coordinator
Bayer
Summary
This role is responsible for ensuring accurate inventory, production, consumption, and process-order reporting across the Muscatine site, including on-site and off-site warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and the bulk rail yard. The position supports month-end activities by partnering with accounting and production teams, monitoring and correcting SAP errors, and ensuring timely process-order settlement. It also provides MES and SAP user support, maintains relevant master data, and develops expertise in logistics and production execution systems. In addition, the role drives business-system and materials-management process improvements to streamline activities, reduce non-value-added work, and minimize slow-moving inventory.
Job description
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Provide user support for troubleshooting and resolving issues related to receipts, inventory, unloads, process orders, and outbound shipments within MES and SAP.
- Create and maintain master data related to all functional areas of responsibility.
- Develop appropriate knowledge to support logistics and production execution systems.
- Work with accounting and production at month end to ensure all production and consumption reporting on process orders is accurate and complete.
- Monitor error reports in SAP and correct errors so that process orders are settled and production and consumption are reported accurately at the Muscatine site.
- Maintain accurate inventories at the Muscatine site, including on-site warehouses, formulation and AI tech manufacturing facilities, off-site warehouses, and the bulk rail yard.
- Actively participate in and lead efforts to reduce and/or eliminate slow-moving inventories through innovative supply relationships.
- Participate in the development and execution of initiatives for business-system and process improvements.
- Drive the development and management of solutions that streamline current business-system activities.
- Develop and implement process-improvement plans within the materials management function to reduce or eliminate non-value-added activities.
- Coordinate and support planned and unplanned SAP and related systems production outages.
Required Qualifications
- HS Diploma or GED with Five years' manufacturing / related experience or bachelor's degree with 1 year manufacturing
- In-depth knowledge of materials management principles, computerized planning and production scheduling
- Strong understanding of plant manufacturing processes and functions
- Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities, including the ability to investigate inventory values, system discrepancies, and operational issues
- Experience developing structured, sustainable solutions that improve processes and support long-term operational effectiveness
- Proven ability to work effectively in empowered, collaborative, and cross-functional team environments
- Excellent written, verbal, networking, and negotiation skills, with the ability to gather information, build stakeholder alignment, facilitate change, and deliver training
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate priorities and activities among diverse functional groups
Experience in specialty chemical process plants or chemical formulation operations is preferred.
Requirements
- HS Diploma or GED with Five years' manufacturing / related experience or bachelor's degree with 1 year manufacturing
- In-depth knowledge of materials management principles, computerized planning and production scheduling
- Strong understanding of plant manufacturing processes and functions
- Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities
- Experience developing structured, sustainable solutions that improve processes
- Proven ability to work effectively in empowered, collaborative, and cross-functional team environments
- Excellent written, verbal, networking, and negotiation skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate priorities among diverse functional groups
Benefits
- Health care
- Vision
- Dental
- Retirement
- Paid time off
- Sick leave
Company overview
Bayer AG is a global life science company with core competencies in healthcare and agriculture, operating as one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations. Founded in 1863 and headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, Bayer operates through three primary divisions: Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, and Crop Science. The company's pharmaceutical segment focuses on prescription products for cardiology, women's healthcare, oncology, hematology, and ophthalmology, with blockbuster drugs including Xarelto, Eylea, and Nubeqa. Bayer's Consumer Health division markets well-known over-the-counter brands such as Aspirin, Aleve, Claritin, and Bepanthen. The Crop Science division, strengthened by the acquisition of Monsanto, provides seeds, crop protection products, and digital farming solutions. With approximately 92,815 employees worldwide and operations in 80 countries, Bayer is committed to its mission of "Health for all, Hunger for none," driving innovation in medical treatments, agricultural productivity, and sustainable development. The company maintains a strong research and development pipeline, investing heavily in areas like precision medicine, artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, and sustainable agricultural technologies.