Ingrower / Sourcing Manager at Agbeyewa Farms

Agbeyewa Farms is a world-class agribusiness with farm operations in Ekiti State, Nigeria. We have foresight for expansion into Africa whilst we create decent jobs and economic opportunities for local communities and become a force to reckon with in the agribusiness on a global scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Ingrower / Sourcing Manager

Location: Ado-Ikare Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti (with approximately 25% travel within Nigeria and internationally)
Job type: Full-time

Job Description

• The holder of this role is expected to put  in place a functional  system, prepare a strategy, policy, procedure, process, execution document for our in-grower strategy that supports our community engagement strategy and also to expand our capacity to attract inputs for processing
• Sensitization and Mobilization of host communities farmers to cultivate on our farm land
• Build a strong relationship btw the company and host community
• Facilitate access to finance/Input for ingrower cultivation
• Coordination and management of ingrower farm to achieve maximum yield
• Coordinate all offtake arrangement and agreement for and with Agbeyewa farm
• Actively manage aggregation centers
• Lead the opening of new aggregation centers, hiring capable teams to achieve goals.
• This is a demanding job, you will be pioneering a new function at the firm. You must be ready to drive continuous growth as sourcing targets. Presently, farmers do not deliver their tubers so we must incentivize them to change their behavior while keeping costs minimized.

Base Responsibilities

• Management: Lead the management of multiple aggregation centers
• Open & manage centers for aggregating tubers prior to buying/off taking
• Sourcing Volume: Consistent weekly sourcing directly from ingrower farmers and open market
• Scalable model: 100% transparency in measuring and payment for tubers and data traceability

Experience / Qualifications

• Minimum of First Degree in any relevant field with basic knowledge in agronomy, core farming or agribusiness
• Farmer Sourcing: Deep, tangible experience sourcing thousands of tonnes/year of agricultural raw materials directly from farmers, cooperatives, and communities (5+ years)
• Sourcing Expansion: First-hand experience leading the creation of new aggregation centers and making strong relationships with local communities across entire states/regions
• Analytical capability: Strong ability with Excel, WhatsApp, and mental Math

Skills / Qualities

• Strong Communicator: Adept user of WhatsApp and Google drive for communication.
• Good business acumen
• Entrepreneurial mind set
• Skilled Strategist and Experimenter: Develop frameworks for sourcing experiments. Analyze historical performance and improve strategy
• Constantly grow the capabilities of the sourcing department and team. Assign specific actions + instructions to direct reports

Remuneration

• Competitive Compensation.
• 5 - day workweek.
• Flextime.
• Competitive Health Insurance (Employee + Spouse + 4 children).
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Training Programs
• Growth and Development
• Mentoring and Counseling

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.