Ag Farming & Storage Ops Assoc Leader

Overview

Ensure the CF development for PepsiCo independently in the geography under guidance of Senior Manager (Agro)

• Support annual planning i.e. AOP for the respective territory operation in collaboration with other stakeholders
• Identify and develop the new farmers/area for the potato multiplication to cater the need of the business.
• Identify the new pockets that would complement / supplement existing plan and increase penetration of program and create opportunities to increase quality and quantity.
• Arrange for timely allocation / distribution of seed to farmers and arrange post planting supervision and POP adherence.

Responsibilities

Ensure identification of key suppliers - farmers / traders / FPCs/ cooperatives / association / groups / NGO and sustain relationship with them.

• Build relationship with each grower and identify potential new groups / association / NGO etc to grow / penetrate and increase farming.
• Maintain ongoing relationship with the farmers, key members of society and government and suppliers.

Ensure discipline amongst partners / suppliers / effective administration and implementation of company policy and standards. Also, maintain relationship with local government officials & administrative officers.

• Prepare seed sale documentation, POP documentation, buying / procurement documentation, transit documents.
• Set up quality labs and conduct cook test and report buying standards.
• Lead due diligence & audit compliance of all cold stores of the territory.
• Identification and development of third-party cold store as per PIH norms for seed / chip grade, maintenance of long-term potato stocks as per protocol.
• Liaison with local government officials – agricultural / horticulture – arrange field visits and increase farmer connect & get third party endorsement, support trainings and capacity building initiatives.
• Daily updating and maintenance of dispatch records for all procurements, contractual jobs for loading /unloading, submission of Mandi Tax

Ensuring identification and thereafter sustaining long storage stores for uninterrupted supplies of Potato for all the plant – month wise / season wise with in quality specification

• Maintain seed & Chip Grade S&R% as per AOP in Cold Stores
• Complete Due diligence & audit compliance of all Cold stores in the region

Drive Agro sustainability agenda of PepsiCo in the Assam region as a whole

• Be the SPOC for leading all the sustainability programs across Assam region.
• Support the development of SFP programs in close coordination with identified partners/NGOs/SHGs
• Drive the Agro capability development agenda for the Agro region – driving the Agri-technological knowledge sharing and competency with various farmer groups/NGOs.
• Drive Pep+ agenda in Assam

Manage team of 3rd party agronomist and lead their capability development.

• Transferring knowledge to new members of the team, better on boarding and help them in developing.

Drive the team of agronomist to work closely with selected farmers to monitor the crop towards ensuring targeted yield and quality of potatoes.

Drive the Smart Agro Initiative of Assam

• Drive the digitization and Crop In project in Assam

Qualifications

MSc (Agriculture) with MBA with 3-5 years of experience in Agro Sourcing, Agro-Chemical sales.