Vice President - Exports - Fruit & Vegetables

Job brief

We are looking for an experienced, self-driven sales leader for our F&V Exports business. This is a P&L leadership role and requires someone who shall be responsible for overall revenue & profitability targets of the business. Reports directly to the founders / executive leadership.

Responsibilities

- Overall sales leader responsible for revenue growth and profitability targets.

- Understand and create opportunities in Global F&V trade import & exports pairs

- Own the business: manage the P&L, cashflow, develop new business models, understand where opportunities are and create a viable business to service them

- Create a network of Agents, Distributors, Pack Houses, Logistics partners across major trade routes & consumption centers

- Develop deep and long standing relationship with customers - to drive relationships from the strategic to the tactical

- Have an in depth knowledge of competition and vendors and ability to influence the market

- Build, retain and groom a strong team to deliver across functions

- Set goals, define KPIs and ensure team tracks effectively towards goals

Requirements

- Prior experience in F&V Exports is must

- 15+ yrs of experience in Sales, Agri Commodity exports, Agri business.

- Understands the entire value chain of agri exports and has network of stakeholders at each step

- Large P&L management experience is preferred

- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple deliverables simultaneously.

- Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills