YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

We are seeking a Summer Associate within our Digital Strategy and Innovation Team. As part of an MBA-focused internship program, you will be joining a team of high-performing MBAs, PhDs and technologists that is constantly looking for new ways of conducting business, engaging our customers, modernizing our platforms and applying data and analytics. The ability to couple business opportunities with breakthrough technologies lends itself to a unique opportunity within our organization. Reporting to the Crop Science Digital Strategy and Growth Lead, you will be assigned two discrete, high-visibility projects focused on leveraging existing Bayer Crop Science assets to create new external digital revenue streams to complete and present to a panel of senior leadership at the end of the summer. You will also be assigned a senior management-mentor in Global Strategy, and will work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across Climate Corp, Growth Ventures, R&D, supply chain, customer operation and customer care to evaluate transformation, investment and partnership opportunities made possible by digital technologies. You are expected to challenge the status quo, reimagine business processes wearing digital lenses and recommend digital opportunities for implementation. To be successful, you will develop relationships with a wide range of decision makers, technologists and innovators to build digital use cases and new portfolio opportunities.

The primary responsibilities of this role, MBA Digital Strategy Summer Associate, are to: 

• Review In-depth study of digital transformation by others, apply the learnings, and redefine business processes and capabilities as a digital agriculture company;
• Build financial models, analyze financial returns, resources, risks and operational implications for agriculture business and enable comparisons to current and future competitors.
   

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Enrolled in an MBA or a graduate degree with emphasis in strategy, finance or marketing;

• At least two years’ experience with strategic planning, market research, financial modeling or portfolio management;
• Strong quantitative analytical skills and training;
• Ability in reducing complex concepts and putting innovation ideas to practice;
• Results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency;
• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal and presentation.