Programme Officer-Supply Chain (Soy)

Job Description

Title: Programme Officer-Supply Chain (Soy)

Company Name: Solidaridad Network Asia

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Laksmipur, Noakhali

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Post-graduate/Masters' degree in Marketing, Economics, MBA, and agri-business.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ `Smart Farming, Healthy Food` and path way to prosperity (P2P) project strives to ensure effective communication of results, MSMEs transformative outcomes and improved economic opportunities for smallholder farmers, involving the private sector and engaging public sector and research organizations. Programme Officer-Supply Chain is accountable for Commercial Down time and profit leakage. Provide leadership and development to merchandizing team in order to implement merchandizing commercial strategy in the assigned market and to provide technical assistance for more efficient and sustainable soy production that enhance food security, nutrition and incomes benefits smallholder farmers through collectivization / collective farming approach, engaging women particularly as agri-entrepreneurs. The professional should have a complete understanding to vegetables and soy trade, retail marketing and supply chain management.
∎ The position would be base in Mid Char Areas (Noakhali and/or Laxmipur) and have to maintain close coordination with the program team and will assist other team members of Solidaridad Network Asia in Bangladesh. The Programme Officer-Supply Chain will report to the Programme Manager/Team- Noakhali of Solidaridad Network Asia and maintains functional collaboration with Head of Supply Chain and Private Sector Engagement of Solidaridad Network Asia.
∎ Employment Type: Project based fixed term

Job Responsibilities:
∎ To assess the market dynamics of soy, identify challenges and potentials for creating more value for the producers and more added values for commercial competitiveness in the supply chain. Scaling up public-private sector support mechanisms and value added services to increase production and profit for the supply chain actors.
∎ To analyze the existing production system, the role of women and landless in the production and marketing of soy, identify the potential scopes for increasing productivity, income and employment.
∎ To identify improved support mechanisms for input and output markets in increasing profitability of soy including willingness to invest from diverse stakeholders (traders, banks, transporters, LGED, oil extraction companies).
∎ To analyze the existing business environment of soy and how different actors (producers, traders, input suppliers and processors) are interlinked in the supply chain. Identify innovative solutions and value added services to develop trust and relations among traders and producers for creating better trading environment.
∎ To analyze the scope and impact of soy in food and nutrition security, income generation, crop diversification and import substitution.
∎ To analyze the socio-cultural and technical (knowledge, technology, mechanization, infrastructure, etc.) constraints in the soy supply chain, in particular the gender dimension.
∎ Mapping the institutional and policy environment for supply chain and value chain development for soy. This will include government policy and plan of actions, market structures, types of farmers and traders' association, market demand and financial institutions
∎ Contribute to the creation of group trading game plans for your product line including futures, premiums, freight and execute those game plans locally.
∎ Understand legislation and industry regulations and the associated commercial implications. Take full accountability for risk reward analysis and associated decisions.
∎ Ensure all commercial administration activities are completed in accordance with procedures
∎ Develop Farming Knowledge and Post-Harvest Technologies- Group formation with male and female, Farmer selection for demonstration, Demonstration on quality seed, Farmer community meeting, Exposure visit, Farmers filed day for result demonstration, Demonstration on post-harvest technologies (harvester, thresher and dryer) .
∎ Training on post-harvest technology and post-harvest management
∎ Provide hands on training on soy storage system through BADC or outsourcing expert.
∎ Develop and implement the value chain and supply chains development strategies and interventions of SaFaL;
∎ Explore business opportunities and provide market specific business plan development for the producer groups, clusters, Lead Farmers, collector groups, collection center; etc.
∎ Work closely with local supply-chain stakeholders, such as processors and transporters, as well as retailers to establish market linkages;
∎ Facilitate the process of developing responsible sourcing of inputs and farm produces;
∎ Facilitate business linkages to develop access to inputs and finance for the PGs and entrepreneurs.
∎ Collaborate with businesses in developing innovative value propositions for facilitating backward and forward market linkages for agri-business growth;
∎ Ensure appropriate day to day contact between team and customers/suppliers to provide market access optionality and to enable connection on business that makes sense for both customer and farmer
∎ Establish a sales/purchasing pricing strategy and daily prices on a real-time basis and manage negotiation of sales/purchasing contracts with customers/suppliers to maximize revenues.
∎ Work with Risk Management team to maximize revenues from risk management tools.
∎ Establish and enhance sustainability offerings to optimize market access and revenues
∎ Analyze and review business and customer activity on daily and monthly basis to understand results and drive actions within the team for growth and improvement.
∎ Improve efficiency in the post-harvest management practices, which includes shorting, grading, packaging and hygiene practices;
∎ Provide capacity development and appropriate technology support for agro based entrepreneur and supply chain development in the three sub-sectors.
∎ Take part in process documentation, collection and compilation of required information and case studies from the entrepreneurs and stakeholders.
∎ Document the business performance of SaFaL supported PGs and entrepreneurs and capture the learning;
∎ Maintain and report in-depth local market analysis to understand customers, competitors and industry trends, to identify risks and opportunities

Additional Requirements:
∎ 5- 7 years' professional experience in the relevant field of agricultural marketing, value chain and supply chain development;
∎ Experience in market and agribusiness development, access to finance and/or competitiveness support activities for donor-funded economic development projects;
∎ Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing interventions that improve access to information and technologies for agriculture value chain actors;
∎ Demonstrated experience in facilitation and capacity development;
∎ Basic computer literacy using of Microsoft Office Microsoft Word, Excel, MS Power Point, SPSS & other database programme;
∎ Skills in documentation and reporting.
∎ Ability to work in a team;
∎ Proven understanding on financial and operational aspects in agri-business;
∎ Proven ability to work in an intercultural environment;
∎ Analytical writing skills in English and Bengali; excellent communication skills and fluent spoken English are required;
∎ Self-driven and high work ethics

Salary:
∎ Solidaridad offers an attractive compensation and benefits package in line with Solidaridad Asia`s pay scales and Service Rules. The benefits package includes provident fund, one festival bonus, gratuities and medical insurance as per the organizational policy.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 19 Aug 2023

Company Information:
∎ 8 Aug 2023
∎ Solidaridad Network Asia
∎ Business : Solidaridad Network Asia is a global network organization working on sustainable, resources-efficient and inclusive supply chains. Working across 56 countries through 10 Regional Excellence Centres, Solidaridad Network Asia is facilitating the development of socially responsible, ecologically sound, and profitable supply chains. It invests in farms and land-use approaches to serve the twin goals of increasing production and conserving ecosystems. Solidaridad Network Asia brings together supply chain actors and engage them in innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all.
In Bangladesh with support from the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherland, Solidaridad is implementing the Sustainaable Agriculture, Food Security and Linkages (SaFaL) project in partnership with Uttaran and Jagarani Chakra Foundation JCF), and supply chain actors to develop a viable business model to increase the farm productivity of the smallholders. Solidaridad along with the partners are investing in smallholders? sustainable farm productivity through a shift from self-subsistence to a more business oriented approach for better functioning supply chains connecting farmers to input and output markets. SaFaL is supporting 56,825 smallholder producers on improved farm management through developing their farm business plan and market linkages.


Category: Commercial/Supply Chain

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