Jobs at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Lead and coordinate business services across CIMMYT India and BISA India, overseeing inventory, warehouses, procurement, logistics, fleet, travel, facilities, governance, and risk management. Implement scalable processes, enforce internal controls, support D365 rollout, supervise field operations teams, ensure compliance and OHS for agrochemical handling, and provide operational reporting and contingency planning across multi-location research stations.

Lead end-to-end HR operations for CIMMYT India: recruitment, onboarding, payroll coordination, benefits administration, performance management, training, compliance with Indian labor law, employee relations, and HR database maintenance. Act as strategic HR partner to program leaders and oversee HR analyst support.

Provide regional operational analytics and BI for BSD functions across Asia: build dashboards, extract and analyze D365/ERP data, monitor procurement, fleet, travel, inventory, support strategic projects, governance, compliance, training, and stakeholder coordination to enable data-driven decisions and process improvements.

Provide contract lifecycle and legal operations support for the Asia region: draft and manage agreements, maintain matter files and trackers, operate ticketing and CLM systems, coordinate external counsel, prepare meetings and reports, handle administrative tasks (expenses, travel, procurement), and support rollout and adoption of legal tools and process improvements under the Regional Legal Counsel.

Provide regional finance oversight across Asian country offices, performing risk-based compliance reviews, audit coordination, financial analysis and reporting, corrective action tracking, ERP/D365 support, and stakeholder coordination to strengthen financial governance, controls, and performance.