Type of contract: Permanent contract
Master Degree in Agriculture, Management, or equivalent
10 years experience as agriculture project manager in sustainability operations with strong project management and facilitation/engagement skills
Position Summary
As a Coffee Program Lead your main role is to lead the Nespresso coffee sustainability and sourcing in Asia and Africa. Your main mission is the following:
Define strategy for the regions and implement
Oversee the Nespresso sustainable quality coffee sourcing
Manage stakeholders for trust and efficiency
A day in the life of…
Sustainable Quality Coffee Sourcing:
Oversee the sourcing of coffee volume from the region including financial and physical traceability
Ensure the quality of field data capture in the management system F.A.R.M.S
Identify key risks and opportunities: Volume and price during harvest, labour conditions, Deforestation, Biodiversity, cluster development, COVID
Strategy and field implementation:
Manage direct and indirect teams located in Kenya and in each country under management responsibillity
Translate the global impact strategy into a regional and country specific strategies.
Establish long-term roadmaps, targets, technical assistance, projects and interventions, training (suppliers, farmers and agronomists)
Design local projects and interventions to address root causes of key local challenges
Guarantee the good execution of all activities in direct connection with suppliers
Contribute to the HQ consolidation on progress vs. strategy, agronomy expertise, key challenges management (Coffee sourcing, Child labour, Gender equality, Living income, Biodiversity…)
What will make you successful
Skills/Competencies/Attributes:
Team management skills
Proven track record in delivering results by working with cross-functional teams
Communication skills to engage with local partners and global organisations
Ability to work in a multinational and multistakeholder environment
Education
Master Degree in Agriculture, Management, or equivalent
Experiences:
10 – 15 years experience as agriculture project manager in sustainability operations with strong project management and facilitation/engagement skills
Strong understanding of the African and Asian context & in purchasing & demonstrated on-the-field experience in rural development projects
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