Green Way Farms PLC is currently seeking a professional, high-performance individual to serve as a Supply Chain Manager.
This individual will have the unique opportunity to help shape the future of a young, environmentally, and socially-conscious agriculture business in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most promising economies. Ideal candidates have a passion for East Africa, a dedication to environmental sustainability, and the ability to successfully support the company’s horticulture production efforts as the company scales over the next 5 years to produce more than 500 tons of produce annually with several hundred partner farmers.
Green Way Farms is a socially-oriented agribusiness that produces organic produce in an environmentally-sustainable, organic manner in conjunction with a network of smallholder farmers.
The company currently operates from its Butajira Production Area with a team of 100 staff and 100+ Partner Farmers. Green Way maintains a facility (the Farmer Service Center) with a cold store, nursery, and pack-house in Butajira, SNNPR. The company exports regularly to Amsterdam, London, and Dubai.
As a young, but growing company, Green Way will develop new facilities and expand to at least one new production areas in the next 9 months with a vision to become East Africa’s largest organic specialty food company. Notably for this position, the company is significant increasing its exports in the next year, important new equipment, and expanding to new location.
The Senior Staff at the organization are a group of highly talented professionals with experience in Ethiopian export horticulture, and agricultural development sectors, as well as direct experience in the Ethiopian start-up context. Each member of the team has a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers and increasing access to organically and sustainable grown, high-nutritious foods, and is committed to seeing the company realize its core objectives.
Mission of Role
To establish high-quality sustainable supply chains and logistics systems for the company staff and products grown by Partner Farmers, minimizing product losses and perishability; to establish data and information systems and conduct analysis that improves supply chain efficiency on both Inputs to farms and Outputs from farms; to coordinate all procurement for products found in Addis Ababa and abroad
Responsibilities & Activities
Production
Logistics
Other
Competencies & Characteristics
Required Experience
Preferred Experience
Term
The Supply Chain Manager must commit to a minimum 36-month term, signing an initial 12- month contract.
Reporting
The position reports to the Managing Director and the Director of Operations
Location
This position is based in Addis Ababa with 20-30% of time visiting the company’s Farmer Service Centers (production sites) in Butajira, SNNPR and elsewhere.
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