Traceability Coordinator at Barry Callebaut

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Traceability Coordinator

Location: Lagos
Position Type: Full, Permanent

Job Description

• The Traceability Coordinator will provide leadership in building a very strong and credible farmers data base for the company.
• He/she will provide leadership in building a reliable system to trace all beans sourced in the company’s supply chain.
• And provide leadership by developing and managing quality data management systems by facilitating a culture obtaining quality data from the field.

Key Responsibilities
The Traceability Coordinator Nigeria will be responsible for:

Farmers registration, mapping & census: 

• Managing a team of field agents responsible to coordinate these activities within the country
• Work closely with Sustainability teams to ensure all farmers delivering to LBAs/Coops are mapped and have a complete & coherent Census 
• Work closely with headquarters/regional team to guarantee all mapping & census data collected is then uploaded in our global platform. 
• Katchile Traceability module implementation, that will:
  • Bring traceability granularity from the coop level to individual farmers’ deliveries,
  • Digitalize cocoa traceability flows,
  • Be accessible on a real time base,
  • Ensure standardization, quality, and auditability.
  • Play a lead role by coordinating the cleaning and as well as updating the Master Data. 

S&OP writing:

• Batch Traceability & Yield control processes implementation, aiming at reducing the Cocoa infiltration risks and strengthening the robustness of the system
• Reporting & Dashboards for internal & external use. In a strong partnership with the M&E team, the Traceability Coordinator Nigeria will make sure that the Katchilé traceability solution provides the required relevant reporting and dashboards for internal & external use.
• Train teams reporting to him as well as the Sectors & District leaders on the Traceability procedures & tools.
• Be the focal point & technical support for external partners regarding Nigeria traceability matters.
• Be responsible for his/her department budget.
• Remain open to new technologies and drive the piloting and development of new technological solution that to keep BC on the innovation hedge. 
• Liaise with all third parties who will be connected with our traceability project.
• Be a team lead and design all the processes for the cleaning and updating of the Farmer Master Data

About You

• B.Sc. Degree in Agric with Information Technology with 5 years working experience. Masters is an added advantage
• Strong analytical and critical skills to ensure excellence in data and consistency in KPI reporting with experience in designing or working in sustainable KPI frameworks
• Well-versed in Microsoft Excel/ Agile environments/ GIS and other analytical tools (Python, R, SQL)
• Experienced using and reporting from SAP and other databases, experience in database design a plus
• Experience in the Agri. Development Traceability/ Sustainability sector is a plus. 
• Able to coordinate teams outside of reporting line with different agenda, background and expertise.
• Knowledge in software programming and App development is an added advantage
• Able to explain complex reporting processes to end users with strong coaching and training skills
• Project management experience
• Ability to lead, plan, co-ordinate and monitor in order to achieve results
• Strong listening, analytical skills and solution minded
• Willing to travel 50% of the time to rural areas (LBAs/Coops/Brokers warehouses within the regions) and live upcountry

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.