Supply Chain Manager - Agri/FMCG/Commodities

Candidate Profile

- Bachelors Degree or Professional Qualification in Supply Chain Management + minimum of 8 years experience in a similar role (at least 3 of which are in Ivory Coast)

- Significant experience in Warehouse Management / Supply Chain or Logistics Management with commodities.

Job Profile

- Provides general oversight, guidance for all the districts supply chain planning, management of cocoa, cashew and other commodities, and transportation & logistics under assigned jurisdiction. Responsible for both exports and imports, and ensuring documentation and compliance with local and international trade regulations.

- Responsible for establishing benchmarks for comparing and monitoring supply chain & logistical activities of each district, ensuring that assets (vehicles, fuel) are efficiently deployed to enhance operations.

- Set up performance monitoring systems for each district and ensure that shrink is effectively monitored and put in place pragmatic measures to mitigate such loses.

- Supervises and participates in the development of projects and process improvements in the supply chain organization to drive continuous improvement to excellent standards.

- Reviews and evaluates measures to improve receipt, preservations and transportation of cocoa beans delivered at all under assigned jurisdiction.

- Using a broad understanding of supply chain practices and procedures, implements and coordinates processes, and ensures best practices within all districts.

- Organizes and assesses process to ensure adequate inventory control in all assigned districts.

- Provides general guidance to the development of the delivery process and coordinates the storage of beans in all the assigned districts including secondary evacuation to CMC take-over centres.

- Enforce the safety, food safety, equipment safety, fire protection, security rules and takes all necessary actions to maintain a safe, food safe, secured environment.

- Works directly with team to develop innovative supply chain solutions through applying a significant understanding of supply chain practices and procedures