Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

As the Procurement Manager (PM), the person will be responsible for the following activities: ∙

• The incumbent would take ownership of agriculture commodity procurement infrastructure and operations and procurement volume achievement for the PE.
• S/he would be managing procurement operations including weighment, quality testing and procurement logistics.
• Will ensure the buying happens as per the SOPs laid down by the company.
• Will ensure the procured commodity is transported from the procurement centre on time as per the SOP.
• Manage logistics to transport commodity from buying point to central warehouse/ processing centre.
• S/he would be responsible for the variation in quality/quantity between the commodity bought at the procurement centre and the same received at the central warehouse / processing centre.
• Will coach and guide Sanchalika in best procurement and extension practices, so that the company captures a majority of the marketable surplus from its shareholder farmers.
• Along with the team of Sanchalika and village connects, s/he would engage into extending agriculture extension services to the members of the company.
• Track, collect and share the crop production data, rainfall, pest attack, competitor activities in her catchment area.
• Responsible for surveying, adding new villages, identification of Digital Commodity Collection Centres in the villages and Sanchalika Identification.
• Mobilization of shareholder farmers and regular engagement with them.
• Responsible for conducting training programs for Sanchalika, members and other stakeholders.

Qualifications Required

Graduate or Degree/Diploma equivalent of Graduation

Agriculture graduates would be preferred.

Experience

Candidates Minimum 2 years of experience of working in the rural area with the farmers.

Candidates from Agri-input industry, rural FMCG industry or any business facing industry in the rural setup where the work entails dealing with farmers are encouraged to apply.

Candidates who have worked in Spices, Ginger, Turmeric, Fruits & Vegetables commodity procurement would be preferred.

Candidates having experience of working in Koraput are encouraged to apply.

Other: Fluency in Hindi is must beside English. Oriya speaking candidate will be given preference.

The position will be based out of district/block level

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹35,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Cell phone reimbursement

Work Location: In person