Product Sourcing Officer
Job Description
Title: Product Sourcing Officer
Company Name: Solidaridad Network Asia
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduate degree in social science, MBA, and agri-business or related field from a recognized University;
Experience Requirements:
∎ Na
Job Context:
∎ Employment Type: Project based fixed term
∎ The position will facilitate backward and forward market linkages and ensures access to quality inputs and sell of produces to the markets. S/he is also responsible for providing hands on support for functioning businesses of the entrepreneurs and the collection centers developed by the project and support for operationalization of the centers.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Understanding and review the collection centers and cluster wise vegetables products, inputs and technology demand and supply gap and capitalizing the market opportunities accordingly.
∎ Provide support to organization for selecting collection centers entrepreneur's, setup the collection centers, developing business case for the entrepreneur's, developing basic post-harvest management like sorting, grading packaging facilities at CC level and providing training to the entrepreneur's on product quality, business management and post-harvest management.
∎ Closely work with field team, lead farmers, entrepreneur's for input and output product forecast, seasonality-based product calendar development and buyers mapping at local level.
∎ Developing a communication channel within farmers, entrepreneur's, local stakeholders and company for better input and output market development and supply chain integration.
∎ Provide time to time necessary field information to company at central level for taking strategic decision on product, input and technology.
∎ Providing hand to hand on job training on product quality, specification and traceability system.
∎ Developing weekly, monthly procurement plan analyze and calculate the cost of procurement and different transactional cost to minimize the product cost
∎ Based on company procurement strategy develop a negotiation tools and conducting win-win deals to secure profit of farmers and company.
∎ Identify the sourcing risk and preparing contingency plan specially for price, product availability, quality, on time delivery, payment and transport management etc.
∎ Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers;
∎ Work closely with East-West Seed, DAE and others stakeholders for achieving the project goals and objectives.
∎ Providing time to time project report and necessary information and progress as per the line mangers instruction .
Additional Requirements:
∎ Superior knowledge on geographic and topographic context of the northern region, especially on the vegetables farmers and entrepreneurs;
∎ Related expertise on relationship development, coordination and liaison;
∎ Experience on project management and reporting
∎ Experience in engaging private sectors, government and NGO stakeholders in one forum to establish sustainability agenda;
∎ Ability to conduct commodity-based field insight report, i.e. data collection, analysis and reporting.
∎ Professional computer skills (MS office suite);
∎ A highly cooperative team player and ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks is desirable;
∎ Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization;
∎ Strong ability to communicate and function effectively in local/international/multicultural environment;
∎ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Salary:
∎ Solidaridad offers an attractive compensation and benefits package in line with Solidaridad Asia pay scales and Service Rule.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ The benefits package includes provident fund, one festival bonus, gratuities and medical insurance as per the organizational policy.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Jun 2021
Company Information:
∎ 20 Jun 2021
∎ Solidaridad Network Asia
∎ Business : Solidaridad Network Asia is a global network organization working on sustainable, resources-efficient and inclusive supply chains. Working across 56 countries through 10 Regional Excellence Centres, Solidaridad Network Asia is facilitating the development of socially responsible, ecologically sound, and profitable supply chains. It invests in farms and land-use approaches to serve the twin goals of increasing production and conserving ecosystems. Solidaridad Network Asia brings together supply chain actors and engage them in innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all.
In Bangladesh with support from the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherland, Solidaridad is implementing the Sustainaable Agriculture, Food Security and Linkages (SaFaL) project in partnership with Uttaran and Jagarani Chakra Foundation JCF), and supply chain actors to develop a viable business model to increase the farm productivity of the smallholders. Solidaridad along with the partners are investing in smallholders? sustainable farm productivity through a shift from self-subsistence to a more business oriented approach for better functioning supply chains connecting farmers to input and output markets. SaFaL is supporting 56,825 smallholder producers on improved farm management through developing their farm business plan and market linkages.
Category: NGO/Development
: To apply, please send a CV (3 pages max.) and a cover letter (1 page) explaining the desire, your relevant skills and experiences at [email protected]. Position applied for should be clearly mentioned in the subject line of the email. Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 29th Jun 2021
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