Bayer's Principles of International Human Resources Policy for Management

Bayer operates in all the world's markets, with about 80 percent of its sales outside Germany. This global presence has been achieved through successful marketing, by building up an international network of production centers and by pursuing a worldwide strategy for research and development.

The corporate mission statement, featuring the slogan “Bayer: Science For A Better Life”, summarizes the Group’s goals, strategies and values.

To keep up with ever-increasing competition over the long term, it is necessary that the company's international business be run by internationally oriented managers.

Bayer’s Principles of International Human Resources Policy for Managerial Employees, which are outlined below, are mandatory guidelines for this important area of corporate policy.

• Bayer is an international group of companies headquartered in Germany.
• Advancement opportunities for management personnel within the Bayer Group are based on performance and ability, irrespective of nationality.
• Bayer actively supports the assignment of Bayer Group managers outside their home countries. This management exchange applies to transfers in all directions - from Bayer AG to its subsidiaries, from the subsidiaries to Bayer AG and from subsidiary to subsidiary.
• The primary objective of international assignment is management development. Reasons for placement outside a manager’s home country may be
• • transfer of know-how
  • participation in projects
  • lack of local expertise
  • help in integrating newly acquired companies into the Group
  • recognition that management positions at Bayer AG and its subsidiaries should, in principle, be filled only by candidates with international experience. These candidates should therefore have been employed at another Bayer Group company outside their home country, preferably for a minimum of 2-3 years.

Every manager within the Bayer Group active in international business should have a good knowledge of the English language. In addition, managers who do not have German as their native language are encouraged to learn German.