JOB TITLE: Junior Agronomist (Supply Chain)
JOB LOCATION: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
JOB DETAILS:
- The ideal candidate would be responsible for to managing the upstream supply chain operations of our entire value chain.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop better planting, cultivation, and harvesting techniques, and solve problems for stakeholders (farmers).
- Research and promoting agricultural strategies to improve farmers’ productivity within the supply network
- Visiting fields to monitor field agents and oversee farm activities
- Testing samples for nutritional deficiencies, diseases, or other changes.
- Assisting with raw material sourcing, testing, and selection.
- Keeping detailed records regarding field agents, farmers, crops, and samples.
- Generating reports and presenting findings to manager, clients, or other interested parties.
- Conducting training on products and techniques through educational presentations.
- Managing teams of field agents, farmers, and scientists while conducting field visits or laboratory work.
- Developing planting and irrigation schedules, budgets, and timelines.
- Forecast, budget, and procure raw material volumes and specifications
- Generate purchase orders for suppliers and accurately collate invoices to process payments
- Track all orders, purchases, and delivery logistics
- Oversight of all purchase and service contracts to ensure the company’s interests are protected.
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to the company
- Purchase goods ensuring the optimum price / quality ratio on the market
- Monitor the supply to meet delivery deadlines always
- Ensure that all purchases are done by following the financial plan, cash forecast/budgets
- Anticipate the supply activities related to projects and convey them to the purchaser on time.
- Participate in project procurement plan of the company
- Provide technical support on supply chain management
- Support in managing the Field agent’s and farm management activities
- Monitor team performance to upskill team where necessary
- Monitor suppliers’ performance
- Manage interdepartmental and external communications
- Manage supply chain database / dashboards efficiently
- Update purchase/supply records and generate real-time reports on a weekly / monthly / quarterly / annually.
Educational Qualification / Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Sciences, Agric Extension Management, Crop Science or related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience as an agronomist or plant field agent in food processing.
- Proficiency with MS Office suite and diagnostic scientific software.
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Deadline: April 5, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Supply Chain/ Store |