Background: Equatorial Nut Processors is one of the leading
edible nut concerns in East Africa.
The company’s range of products, for
both local and export markets, focuses on three principal nuts – Macadamia,
Cashew and Peanuts.
Job Title: Senior Field Purchasing Officer (SPO)
Reports to: Senior Purchasing Manager & Programmes Manager
and coordinate with factory manager on quality issues.
Based at: Murang’a
Overall Purpose: To ensure ENP gets enough Macadamia during the buying season in Central covering Meru, Embu, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Murang’a, Kiambu, Machakos, Makueni, Taita Taveta, Baringo, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia Counties.
Overall Purpose: To ensure ENP gets enough Macadamia during the buying season in Central covering Meru, Embu, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Murang’a, Kiambu, Machakos, Makueni, Taita Taveta, Baringo, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia Counties.
Main Job Description
- Coordinating purchasing, drying and delivery
of nuts to factory.
- Meeting procurement targets (quantity and
quality).
- Supporting Purchasing Officers under his/her
jurisdiction to help them meet individual targets.
- Will be in charge of about 40 field
staff/agents/brokers at peak procurement periods
- To implement ENPs out-grower management scheme
(registering and organizing farmers, link farmers to key service providers
among other activities)
- Extensive travelling in our purchasing regions
as may be required from time-to-time.
Key Skills
- To develop annual work plans and prepare
budgets for field teams (Purchasing Officers)
- To manage the field officers’ activities
during procurement periods and off season activities to ensure high
yields.
- To manage large farmer out-grower schemes
- Collect, analyze and disseminate farmer
information, maintain and update credible database of farmers.
- To train the field officers (Purchasing
Officers) and agents to maximize ENPs market share in sourcing of raw
materials.
- Experience in working with smallholder farmers
and agents
- To regularly produce project reports and
forward the same to the Senior Purchasing Officer and the Programmes
Manager.
- To train the suppliers / farmers through
3rd party actors like input suppliers, agents, banks and insurance
companies
- To proactively engage relevant stakeholders
helpful in achieving the goals and vision of company.
- To coordinate purchase/supply of farm produce
- To ensure that all farm produce from our
farmers is timely delivered to our factory
- To develop and annually update a procurement
policy document
- To ensure that the procurement policy is
followed by the field staff and agents
- To carry out any other duties related to this
assignment as may be directed from time to time by the Programmes Manager.
- Experience in managing about 40 field staff,
agents and/or service providers.
- Experience in working with farmer groups and
ability to coordinate stakeholders.
- Minimum of 5 years experience with working
with small scale farmers
- Ability to work under pressures and making
correct critical decisions under pressure
- Ability to diligently work with limited
supervision
- Ability and experiment in getting market
intelligence on prevailing farm gate pricing
- Experience in making presentations to small
and large groups
Education / Qualifications: Educated to degree level or equivalent in a
relevant discipline such as Agronomy, Economics Agribusiness and business or
any other relevant degree.
Other Skills:
Other Skills:
- Leadership: setting a strategic vision and
getting performance from juniors
- Excellent analytical and writing skills
- Project management
- Excellent English and swahili
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Ability to facilitate stakeholder workshops
- Computer literacy; proficiency in MS Word,
Excel, Power-point and Outlook
- Valid driving/riding license
Responsibilities and Relationships
- Internal relationships: Working in
consultation with Senior Purchasing Manager and Programmes Manager and
other staff to efficiently deliver your activity goals.
- External relationships; Working with
stakeholders within the Macadamia sector. Managing their expectations and
guarding the interest of the company.
Standards of Performance and Behavior
- Honesty and integrity in dealings with staff,
stakeholders and clients.
- Commitment to the aims, ethics and moral code
of ENP
- Attention to detail in relation to the big
picture
- Professional conduct in all operational
matters, with an appropriate balance between the needs of staff,
stakeholders and clients and the interest of the company.
Desirable but not Mandatory
- Prior knowledge and exposure the agronomy and
supply chain of Macadamia, Cashew and Peanuts
- Experience in managing supply chains
Personal Qualities:
- Honesty, integrity and a set of values that
encourages productive work in others
- Willingness to travel extensively and to work
long hours if required
- Ability to engage with a diversity of
audiences both within target communities and beneficiaries.
Job Title: Purchasing Officer (PO) - Cashew
Reports to: Senior Purchasing Officer (SPO)
Based at: Kwale, Kilifi, Lamu
Overall Purpose: To ensure ENP gets enough cashew nuts during the buying season at the coast covering Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu Counties.
Overall Purpose: To ensure ENP gets enough cashew nuts during the buying season at the coast covering Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu Counties.
Main Job Description
- Coordinating purchasing, drying and delivery
of nuts to factory.
- Meeting procurement targets (quantity and
quality).
- To implement ENPs out-grower management scheme
(registering and organizing farmers, link farmers to key service providers
among other activities)
- Extensive travelling in our purchasing regions
as may be required from time-to-time.
Key Skills
- To manage large farmer out-grower schemes
- Collect and share reliable farmer information
- Experience in working with smallholder farmers
and agents
- To regularly produce project reports and
forward the same to the SPO.
- To train the suppliers / farmers through
3rd party actors like input suppliers, agents, banks and insurance
companies
- To proactively engage relevant stakeholders
helpful in achieving the goals and vision of company.
- To coordinate purchase/supply of farm produce
- To ensure that all farm produce from our
farmers is timely delivered to our factory
- To develop and annually update a procurement
policy document
- To correctly follow procurement policy
- To carry out any other duties related to this
assignment as may be directed from time to time by the SPO.
- Experience in working with farmer groups and
ability to coordinate stakeholders.
- Minimum of 2 years experience with working with
small scale farmers
- Ability to work under pressures and making
correct critical decisions under pressure
- Ability to diligently work with limited
supervision
- Ability and experiment in getting market
intelligence on prevailing farm gate pricing
- Experience in making presentations to small
and large groups
Education / Qualifications: Degree / Diploma or equivalent in relevant
discipline such as Agronomy, Economics Agribusiness and business or any other
relevant degree.
Other Skills:
Other Skills:
- Leadership: setting a strategic vision and
getting performance from juniors
- Excellent analytical and writing skills
- Project management
- Excellent English and Swahili
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Ability to facilitate stakeholder workshops
- Computer literacy; proficiency in MS Word,
Excel, Power-point and Outlook
- Valid driving/riding license
Responsibilities and Relationships
- Internal relationships: Working in
consultation with Senior Purchasing Officer and Programmes Manager and
other staff to efficiently deliver your activity goals.
- External relationships; Working with
stakeholders within the Cashew sector. Managing their expectations and
guarding the interest of the company.
Standards of Performance and Behavior
- Honesty and integrity in dealings with staff, stakeholders
and clients.
- Commitment to the aims, ethics and moral code
of ENP
- Attention to detail in relation to the big
picture
- Professional conduct in all operational
matters, with an appropriate balance between the needs of staff,
stakeholders and clients and the interest of the company.
Desirable but not Mandatory
- Prior knowledge and exposure the agronomy and
supply chain of Cashew, Macadamia and Peanuts
- Experience in managing supply chains
Personal Qualities:
- Honesty, integrity and a set of values that
encourages productive work in others
- Willingness to travel extensively and to work
long hours if required
- Ability to engage with a diversity of
audiences both within target communities and beneficiaries.
Job Title: Senior Field Purchasing Officer (SPO)
Reports to: Senior Procurement Manager & Programmes
Manager and co ordinate with factory manager on quality issues.
Based at: Kilifi
Overall Purpose: To ensure ENP gets enough cashew nuts during the buying season at the coast covering Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu Counties.
Overall Purpose: To ensure ENP gets enough cashew nuts during the buying season at the coast covering Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu Counties.
Main Job description
- Coordinating purchasing, drying and delivery
of nuts to factory.
- Meeting procurement targets (quantity and
quality).
- Supporting Purchasing Officers under his/her
jurisdiction to help them meet individual targets.
- Will be in charge of about 40 field
staff/agents/brokers at peak procurement periods
- To implement ENPs out-grower management scheme
(registering and organizing farmers, link farmers to key service providers
among other activities)
- Extensive travelling in our purchasing regions
as may be required from time-to-time.
Key Skills
- To develop annual work plans and prepare
budgets for field teams (Purchasing Officers)
- To manage the field officers’ activities
during procurement periods and off season activities to ensure high
yields.
- To manage large farmer out-grower schemes
- Collect, analyze and disseminate farmer
information, maintain and update credible database of farmers.
- To train the field officers (Purchasing
Officers) and agents to maximize ENPs market share in sourcing of raw
materials.
- Experience in working with smallholder farmers
and agents
- To regularly produce project reports and
forward the same to the Senior Purchasing Officer and the Programmes
Manager.
- To train the suppliers / farmers through
3rd party actors like input suppliers, agents, banks and insurance
companies
- To proactively engage relevant stakeholders
helpful in achieving the goals and vision of company.
- To coordinate purchase/supply of farm produce
- To ensure that all farm produce from our farmers
is timely delivered to our factory
- To develop and annually update a procurement
policy document
- To ensure that the procurement policy is
followed by the field staff and agents
- To carry out any other duties related to this
assignment as may be directed from time to time by the Programmes Manager.
- Experience in managing about 40 field staff,
agents and/or service providers.
- Experience in working with farmer groups and
ability to coordinate stakeholders.
- Minimum of 5 years experience with working
with small scale farmers
- Ability to work under pressures and making
correct critical decisions under pressure
- Ability to diligently work with limited
supervision
- Ability and experiment in getting market
intelligence on prevailing farm gate pricing
- Experience in making presentations to small
and large groups
Education / Qualifications: Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline such as
Agronomy, Economics Agribusiness and business or any other relevant degree.
Other Skills:
Other Skills:
- Leadership: setting a strategic vision and
getting performance from juniors
- Excellent analytical and writing skills
- Project management
- Excellent English and Swahili
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Ability to facilitate stakeholder workshops
- Computer literacy; proficiency in MS Word,
Excel, Power-point and Outlook
- Valid driving/riding license
Responsibilities and Relationships
- Internal relationships: Working in
consultation with Senior Purchasing Manager and Programmes Manager and
other staff to efficiently deliver your activity goals.
- External relationships; Working with
stakeholders within the Cashew sector. Managing their expectations and
guarding the interest of the company.
Standards of Performance and Behavior
- Honesty and integrity in dealings with staff,
stakeholders and clients.
- Commitment to the aims, ethics and moral code
of ENP
- Attention to detail in relation to the big
picture
- Professional conduct in all operational
matters, with an appropriate balance between the needs of staff,
stakeholders and clients and the interest of the company.
Desirable but not Mandatory
- Prior knowledge and exposure the agronomy and
supply chain of Cashew, Macadamia and Peanuts
- Experience in managing supply chains
Personal Qualities:
- Honesty, integrity and a set of values that
encourages productive work in others
- Willingness to travel extensively and to work
long hours if required
- Ability to engage with a diversity of
audiences both within target communities and beneficiaries.
If you possess the above skills,
abilities and competencies, we are happy to engage with you.
Please provide us with a cover letter
and a resume, clearly stating your availability and salary expectations.
All applications are to be sent via
email to info@tradecareafrica.com with a copy to fmwilu@equatorialnut.co.ke to be
received on or before the COB on 11th October 2014.
All qualified persons are encouraged
to apply.