Job Description

Overview:Main Purpose

• 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 & administrative officers drawing strategic alliance for business & CF sustenance
• 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:Accountabilities: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
• Managing Copack deliveries and ensure no rejection due to quality variation
• 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.

• Pr\xc3\xa9pare seed sale documentation, POP documentation, buying / procur\xc3\xa8rent 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 Qualifications:Qualification

• Education: Graduate/ PG in Agriculture/ MBA - Marketing / Supply Chain

Experience:

• 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

PepsiCo