Assistant Manager – SC Agro Full Time NEW

• Lead the Team and assist Regional Manager in implementing better Extension Model for Farmer connect for CF.
• Ensuring identification and thereafter sustaining uninterrupted supplies of Potato for the plant – month wise / season wise. Identify / Create / Develop / Grow / Sustain new as well as existing Agro contract farming pockets
• Lead the Storage Modernization Agenda in the region assisting Regional Manager
• Ownership toward Agro key quality and quantity deliverables – CF and NCF buying within PIH specifications
• Lead the relationship building with local government officials, Mandi Boards office & administrative officers drawing strategic alliance for business & CF sustenance in state of West Bengal.
• Transferring knowledge to new members of the team, better on boarding and help them in developing.
• Ensure discipline amongst partners / suppliers / effective administration and implementation of company policy and standards.
• Drive the PWP – water positive agenda through drip irrigation, SFP and DSR contributing to pi positive water balance.
• Drive the Agro capability development agenda for the agro region – driving the agri-technological knowledge sharing and competency building within the team.
• Supportive role to the R&D initiatives on new varieties, POPs, new molecules etc.

Responsibilities

In charge of region – Ensure the CF development of all the relevant crops – majorly potatoes independently / supervision.

• Identify and develop the new farmers/area for the potato multiplication to cater the need of the business
• Identify the new pockets that would complement / supplement existing plan and increase penetration of program and create opportunities to increase quality and quantity
• Arrange for timely allocation / distribution of seed to farmers and arrange post planting supervision and POP adherence
• Ensure chip grade programs and zero pilferage of Chip grade potato

Ownership toward Agro key quality and quantity deliverables – CF and NCF buying within PIH specifications

• Market intelligence, competitors buying activities, tactical buying expertise to make the volume and rates within AOP
• Quality deliveries – TPoD, Ref cap and Solid percentage
• Close coordination with transport agency and LD&T Manager for timely placement of vehicles.

Ensure identification of key supplier – farmers / traders / cooperatives / association / groups / NGO and sustain relationship with them

• Build relationship with each grower and identify potential new groups / association / NGO etc to grow / penetrate and increase farming
• Maintain ongoing relationship with the farmers, key members of society and government and suppliers.

Ensure discipline amongst partners / suppliers / effective administration and implementation of company policy and standards. Also, maintain relationship with local government officials & administrative officers.

• Prepare seed sale documentation, POP documentation, buying / procurement documentation, transit documents
• Set up quality labs and conduct cook test and report buying standards
• Liaison with local government officials – agricultural / horticulture – arrange field visits and increase farmer connect & get third party endorsement
• Daily updating and maintenance of dispatch records for all procurements, contractual jobs for loading /unloading, submission of Mundi Tax.

Ensuring identification and thereafter sustaining long storage stores for uninterrupted supplies of Potato for all the plant – month wise / season wise with in quality specification

Co-ordinating and ensuring storage/uninterrupted supply of Corn, working closely with Silo/Suppliers , R&D for specifications of Corn and compiling with all required tests from external and internal labs

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate/ PG in Agriculture/ MBA – Marketing / Supply Chain
• At least 5-6 years of hard-core agriculture In-Put sales / procurement / supply chain experience in a sales / manufacturing / processing set up.
• Proven experience of dealing with farmers, traders, negotiation, selling, collaboration, agricultural departments & state agricultural policy.
• Experience of dealing with local government authorities, suppliers, transporters, farmer unions