As a growing organization, AGROPAL is seeking talents to complement its existing team with its mission of empowering every actor in the agricultural value chain.
Therefore, AGROPAL is seeking to hire a suitable candidate to fill the role of a Trade and Procurement Supervisor. Applicants must note that the opportunity requires flexibility based on factory production schedules.
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Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
The hired candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Plan and manage logistics operation liaising with internal team and relevant service providers.
- Liaise with the relevant leads on procuring services and products relevant to the company’s activities.
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- Generate and maintain vendor list for all clients and service providers and also inform management and end-users of any updates and changes
- Ensures that all procurement procedures are followed and executed in a professional manner.
- Prepares standard purchasing forms, including bid requests, material requisitions, purchase orders, change orders, logs, reports, and trends.
- Monitor all existing and prospective markets in Europe, North America, and the Middle East to identify appropriate business opportunities
- Ensure all completed orders are delivered on time while serving as a contact for the client (s) in question.
- Ensure products are shipped appropriately to ensure quality of goods during transportation.
- Take responsibility for accuracy of labelling to ensure the right finished goods reach correct customers at the expected time.
- Plan, manage, and control all logistics inputs to ensure zero shortages.
- Ensure compliance with export regulations, customs regulations, and legal requirement for shipping goods.
- Manage and resolve problems concerning logistics systems, transport, exports, or custom issues.
- Ensure the integrity of all documentation accuracy and submission deadline.
- Ensure the integrity of inventory (finished goods and logistics inputs) accuracy and manage export sales within the company’s record systems.
- Create and implement best practices of logistics principles, policies, and processes to improve operational and financial performance.
- Manage, coach, and develop a high-risk performing team that meets agreed objectives and delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements.
- Work with colleagues to set, execute and assess departmental objectives/KPI
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Required Skills or Experience
Academic and career:
- At least a bachelors in Supply Chain Management or related field(s)
- At least five (5) years of working experience in the trade and exports sector.
- At least five (5) years working in food export sector. ***
- The candidate must have experience with import and export regulations, laws, and systems***
- The candidate must have a strong network of service providers or industry network relevant to imports and exports. ***
- The candidate must have verifiable experience and training in international quality standards particularly for the food sector- specifically, HACCP, BRCGS, and IFS (candidates without this experience will automatically be disqualified). ***
- The candidate must embody an entrepreneurial spirit and experience in building sustainable entities.
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Other critical skills
- Good leadership and management skills.
- Proven track record in logistics management
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, identify and address problems, meet deadlines, and stay within budget.
- Strategic leader with the ability to manage and effectively motivate large teams
- Strong interpersonal skills; a team player and independent worker.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, with the ability to deliver direction and motivation in an effective manner at all levels.
- Ability to pragmatically solve problems, plan a course of action using analytical, conceptual, strategic, and forward-thinking abilities to achieve effective results.
- Ability to recognize, react and adjust to rapidly changing conditions and to lead the resources in appropriate direction with cohesiveness and a sense of urgency
- Effective time-management skills and ability to multi-task.
- Excellent planning, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Candidate should demonstrate integrity and accountability.
- Strong adaptability and ability to work with little or no supervision.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Applications.
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How To Apply: Trade and Procurement Supervisor at AGROPAL West Africa
The deadline for applications is 22nd December, 2023.
Interested applicants are required to send their updated and detailed curriculum vitae (CVs) to vacancy@agropalwa.com with the subject Trade and Procurement Supervisor.
Each CV should be a maximum of 5 pages, with three (3) referees. The evaluation committee will pay significant attention to the manner in which the CVs are presented.
Any CV that does not meet the required qualifications, particularly requirements marked with stars (***) will be rejected automatically at the level of the administrative check. Kindly note that only successful applicants will be contacted for interviews.
Company Profile
AGROPAL West Africa Limited (AGROPAL) is an agribusiness focused on processing and marketing fruits grown in West Africa for international markets. AGROPAL products are dried fruits (mainly from mangoes and pineapples). Our mission is to empower every actor in the agricultural value chain to ensure inclusive development of the sector. Our vision is to see a bubbling agricultural sector in Ghana and West Africa improving economies, providing incomes for people, and enhancing food security and health.
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