**Role Title: GM : Agri Commodities**
**Job Purpose**
- To support business growth by strengthening capabilities in procurement, logistics, export documentation and Cashflow management for the Agri Commodities from West African countries._
**Scope of the Role**
Agri Procurement and local sales
**Company's Ops**
Indonesia
**Areas of Responsibility**
**Indicative Activities**
**Planning and Budgeting**
Analyse the market trends to estimate the overall demand for Agri Products in our destination markets
Liaise with the Sales teams to understand the confirmed and probable sale orders for Agri products along with the specifications
Liaise with the Logistics teams to ascertain the rates offered by various shipping lines for various shipment quantities and shipments
Establish relationships for stragetic tie-ups for long-term project opportunities and estimate the demand
therefrom
Co-ordinate with the originating countries to analyse the price-rates of commodities offered by the
traders/sellers for various quantities of purchase
Estimate the cost of logistics, storage and any other ancillary cost for the movement of goods from the
originating countries to destination countries to ascertain the preferred trader/seller
Calculate the overall cost of procurement, including the cost of commodities, logistics, storage, government charges, and any ancillary cost; for various quantum of sale to the different destinations
**Procurement Management**
Close monitoring and follow-ups with the various Procurements Heads in each origination countries including
daily calls, drafting out the startegies for the harvesting season, Warehousing planning etc.
Introduce robust measures to reduce the probability of losses arising from sub-optimal purchases. &
Define product specification requirements, in terms of quantity, packaging type, packaging description, brand and any other product specifications, to be entered in the purchase contract
Define Contract Tolerance, i.e. the quantity of the commodity required to satisfy various terms of the contract
Review the procurement contracts on periodic basis to ascertain the adherence to defined guidelines and standards. Study the variations, if any and reasons thereof for taking necessary corrective and preventive
measures
**Logistics and Documentation Management**
Define guidelines for shipping terms, payment terms and insurance cover.
Establish verifiable KPIs for swift & seemless execution of contractual export documentations : For own Teams
as well as our Freight Forwarders and other business associates / service providers
Implement robust measures to ensure that the required documentation is completed for every shipment and
the same is maintained for easy reference
Ensure all purchase contracts adhere to Maritime law that regulates the registration, license, and inspection
procedures for ships and shipping contracts, maritime insurance, and the carriage of commodities
**Cashflow Management**
Monitor the execution of trades to ascertain cashflow availability for future purchases
Initiate timely request for funds to the Finance Team to ensure availability of funds for making timely payments
to traders/sellers
Arrange for short-term funds when required, in consultation with the Finance Team
Determine the foreign exchange exposure during transactions with foreign currencies
Propose appropriate hedging option to finance team to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in the currencies during international transactions
**Reporting to Management / BoD**
Strengthen the Management Reporting by assessing and making available right information required for taking effective decision making
Implement processes/systems to ensure timely submission of accurate data to the Director. Build in required controls for validating the data accuracy
Ensure effective communication of the Director's directives, suggestions, messages to appropriate stakeholders.
Ensure execution of the Director's directives through effective follow up and necessary support
Conduct periodic reviews in absence of the Director and report the action items. Track the action items to
closure within the given timeframe
**Salary**: Up to Rp79,235,000 per year
**Education**:
- S1 (preferred)
**Experience**:
- General Manager: 1 year (preferred)
**Language**:
- English (preferred)
- Mandarin (preferred)