PepsiCo Looking For Associate Director – East Agro at Greater Kolkata Area Full Time

Develop and strengthen the Rural Supply Channel and draw effective support for farmer members of the Agro Business.

• Develop strategy to ensure long lasting farmer relationship and identify new business channels / suppliers
• To develop & maintain strong customer relations with all key stakeholders pertaining to the region including rural agricultural cooperatives, agri-input dealers, vendors, farmers & Government officials so as to strengthen relations & the brand equity of the company in the market.

To ensure best storage practices and develop logistics support for the plant operation. Develop strong Agro interface with Production & Quality Teams in Kolkata Plant .

• Collaborate with plant team to understand the raw material supply schedule and meet the supply matrix and quality parameters
• Ensure storage of potatoes to sustain PC production as per production schedule and maintain potato quality
• Manage storage program to deliver least storage loss / cost as per PepsiCo International Potato storage protocol
• Develop & mange Store Vendors / negotiate best deals.
• Lead the Storage Modernization Agenda in the region.

Risk Management, Manage Receivables, and Ensure Legal & Contractual Obligations for the Business

• Agro Process Controller for Agro function – meet auditory and regulatory requirements for the function and the company
• Manage accounts – receivable from seed sale / others and also payables against potato purchase
• Predict & Manage Potato Supply / Storage risk
• Ensure Legal Compliance in the market place

Organization Building :

• Lead the People process of Objective setting, MYR, PDR, Manager Connect, OHS for the team
• Build self, team and partner farmers all the critical areas of CF development
• Drive business linked reward and recognition to motivate team to deliver/exceed AOP
• Lead the Safety Agenda in the region.
• Develop team’s competency to venture into new geographical areas and get successes instantly using past expertise by using coaching, counseling and feedback mechanism.

Learning continuously and upgrading own abilities :

• Seeking feedback from team members and seniors
• Reflecting on own competencies and possible gaps
• Setting learning goals
• Monitoring implementation of these goals
• Continuously updating knowledge from external environment

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Education: Graduate/ PG / PG Agri / MBA – Marketing / Supply Chain
• Functional Experience: Approx. 12-15 years of experience with experience on managing complex supply chain/ commodity procurement