Job Description

Bayer es una compañía global con competencias centradas en los campos de las ciencias de la vida de la salud y la agricultura. Sus productos y servicios están diseñados para beneficiar a las personas y mejorar su calidad de vida. En Bayer tienes la oportunidad de ser parte de una cultura en la que valoramos la pasión de nuestros colaboradores por innovar y darles el poder de cambiar.

OE Specialist 1

Your Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Show and live a culture of ownership and accountability through VACC Leadership, implementing PSS as a key enabler for operational excellence across the whole site through driving transformation projects, promoting exchanges of best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support a PSS Pillar, defining capabilities needed to achieve short-term, mid-term, and long-term outcomes in alignment with the organizational mission.
• Support site in achieving financial targets through benchmarking, methods and standard co-creation through Pillar structure according to DSO principles.
• Facilitate data-driven decision-making to focus on outcomes by selecting/developing key performance indicators (KPIs) and supporting the site strategy process (incl. product targets) to ensure alignment across all levels by acting, learning fast and evolving.
• Co-create standardized processes that enhance efficiency and consistency, collaborating with capability clusters and product teams to tailor PSS standards to meet operational, product and customer needs. Take ownership and responsibility to deliver on business targets.
• Facilitate transparency and improvement opportunities by collaborating with sites, product teams and capability clusters to implement sustainable solutions, including digital enablers, to enhance efficiency and customer value.
• Actively engage with stakeholders to establish and achieve financial targets through development, deployment, and tactical drive & execution of Operational Excellence (OE) tools and Lean / Six Sigma methodologies in harmony with evolving PSS toolkit (ie: including, but not limited to, loss/waste analysis, SMED, Poka-Yoke, Kaizen, PDCA, Process Mapping, time and motion studies, problem solving, DMAIC, etc.)
• Leverage the network to accelerate business results by facilitating knowledge exchange and collaborate within the OE community, incl. digital solutions exchange. Facilitating / coordinating Capability Gembas by being our best selves and including others.
• Support PSS/DSO-related training and workshops, ensuring effective talent flow and development of pillar content focused on achieving business outcomes while gathering feedback to enhance training effectiveness.
• Serve as Operational Excellence member of or key contact for Site Leadership team, as site demands and consistent with site cluster capabilities and requirements
• Work in collaboration with other OE Cluster members at the site to guide and coach as needed, and to help better inform the allocation of resources across the site to ensure the needs with the largest business impact are met
• Perform other duties/ activities as required to support site and network demand for OE capabilities and/or capacity

Who You Are:

1. University degree in engineering, science, pharmacy, or a relevant field, or equivalent experience in lieu of an educational degree
2. Basic understanding in and/or supporting production/operations, operational excellence, and/or technical functions in large organizations with continuous and sound knowledge of improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma.
3. Ability to explain and embody Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, and Coach leadership behaviors, and teach others.

Bayer offers a wide variety of compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements for this unique opportunity and have the "Passion for Innovation" as well as "The Power to Change," we encourage you to apply. Job postings will remain open for a minimum of ten business days and are subject to sudden closure without prior notice. A message to all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited resumes or talent referrals from agencies or headhunters.

Bayer accepts applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social background, disability, union affiliation, religion, familial status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other criterion as defined by law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Bayer is committed to providing reasonable access and accommodations throughout this process for individuals with disabilities. At the same time, applicants with disabilities are encouraged to request any required accommodations upon contact with the recruitment team.

Período de aplicación: Del 01 al 15 de Abril 2026 Código de referencia: 865455
División: Pharmaceuticals Ubicación: Costa Rica : Heredia : Heredia
Área funcional: Ingeniería y Tecnología Grado de posición: VS 1.1
Tipo de empleo: Permanente Tiempo de trabajo: Indeterminado