North America Senior Manager Midstream Operations for Biofuels

Bayer•Winters, TX

1d•$147,840 - $221,760•Remote

About The Position

The North America Senior Manager Midstream Operations for Biofuels is accountable for North American midstream partnerships within Bayer’s biofuel closed loops. The role secures, contracts and operates grain aggregation and crush capacity near priority draw areas. It ensures timely execution of partner contracts, accurate rolling supply and demand forecasts, disciplined crop-to-crush planning, on-time grain delivery against contract commitments, and reliable operational execution. The objective is to provide every acre of camelina and winter canola with a clear, traceable and cost-effective path to the refiner as both programs scale over the five-year framework. The position represents Bayer in partner governance forums, establishes and manages service agreements, and leads grain aggregator and crush partner relationships. It coordinates contract delivery across agents, growers and Sales teams; oversees aggregation and crush operations; develops the logistics model across truck and rail freight, storage and quality requirements; and handles operational escalations. The role also owns demand planning and S&OP activities, including rolling forecasts, production plans and crop-to-crush planning, and contributes to long-term capacity and partner-network strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in agribusiness, supply chain, engineering or a related field.
Proven record negotiating tolling, crush service or offtake agreements.
Strong communication skills across the full value chain, including growers, agents, aggregators, crushers, logistics providers and refiners.

Nice To Haves

10 years of experience in oilseed processing, grain origination, commodity logistics, renewable fuel supply chains or related commercial operations.
Working knowledge of RFS/LCFS, CI scoring and feedstock traceability.
MBA.

Responsibilities

Represent Bayer in partner governance forums and subcommittees.
Define contract structures required with grain aggregators and crush partners.
Negotiate, implement and manage midstream service agreements supporting reliable execution of closed-loop value chains.
Serve as the key account lead for grain aggregators and crush partners in winter canola and camelina closed loops.
Ensure contract delivery and coordinate communication across Newgold agents, growers and Sales teams from contracting through delivery.
Oversee grain aggregation and crush operations to ensure delivery against contract commitments.
Build and manage the North America logistics model across truck and rail freight, storage, and quality requirements for grain, meal and oil.
Track grain deliveries to support year-end reconciliation of service agreements and performance of camelina and winter canola production.
Act as the primary escalation point for operational issues, including contract non-performance, weather and harvest variability, freight constraints, quality failures and crush outages.
Build rolling demand forecast dashboards and production plans, manage crop-to-crush planning, and align with downstream partner demand forecasts.
Explore digital tools to support performance reporting and risk management.
Develop and maintain a grain aggregator and crush partner network map to inform current and future draw zones for grower acquisition and agent placement.
Identify regions requiring additional crush capacity, including greenfield and brownfield opportunities.
Inform external investment strategy and capacity planning to avoid bottlenecks as camelina and winter canola programs scale.