Supply Chain Officer - Bunge

The Supply Chain Officer at Bunge is to coordinate deliveries, stocking and dispatching at partner facilities and supports the general logistics function of BLC Africa operations.

General Duties:

• Conduct Crop and market surveys in areas under his scope
• Support market intelligence activities
• Leads operations and staff on partner’s crushing/Warehouse sites
• Oversees receiving the nuts into storage/warehouses and dispatching of nut trucks: ensure stacking is well executed in a proper counting way
• Supervises weighbridge, warehouses, and other supply chain-related activities and/or locations
• Performs stock takes on behalf of Management at various locations in the West African supply chain
• Oversees responsibility for production activities at the factories
• Manage administrative tasks related to the supply chain: nuts receiving, nuts evacuation, sample tracking
• Supervises seals management and administration and procedural compliance
• Acts as a representative of our company and takes ownership of responsibilities
• Supervises bulk shipment activities and supports fulfilling administrative requirements
• Looks after strict compliance to QA/QC guidelines based on high international standards, internally and externally
• Pro-actively supports quality control: sampling, moisture checking, visual inspection, insect checks of nuts and butter
• Maintaining and updating field reporting
• Directly supervises gangs and operators of 3rd parties in line with your operations
• Supports the Logistics Manager and SCM where needed

Responsibility for Company Asset

• Has responsibility for the maintenance and effective use of office and other working tools

Educational Qualification

• Minimum Higher National Diploma in Supply chain/Logistics, Agronomy or any related field

Previous Experience

• A minimum of 3 years experience in supply chain or logistics or related fields
• Experience in cooperative management is a plus    

Technical Skills

• Affinity with reporting and Excel (MS Office in general)
• Experience in the manufacturing sector and/or trading sector (Sheanut /Cashew /Cocoa etc)

Personality

• Shows leadership in stressful situations, and is a real team player at the same time
• Is proactive and assertive, sees and initiates opportunities for improvement 
• Excels in communicating to colleagues, suppliers and partners alike
• Is versatile and flexible, knows its way around in different situations and tasks