At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry.
- The Traceability Coordinator will provide leadership in building a very strong and credible farmers data base for the company.
- He/she will provide leadership in building a reliable system to trace all beans sourced in the company’s supply chain.
- And provide leadership by developing and managing quality data management systems by facilitating a culture obtaining quality data from the field.
Key Responsibilities
The Traceability Coordinator Nigeria will be responsible for:
- Farmers registration, mapping & census:
- Managing a team of field agents responsible to coordinate these activities within the country
- Work closely with Sustainability teams to ensure all farmers delivering to LBAs/Coops are mapped and have a complete & coherent Census
- Work closely with headquarters/regional team to guarantee all mapping & census data collected is then uploaded in our global platform.
- Katchile Traceability module implementation, that will:
- Bring traceability granularity from the coop level to individual farmers’ deliveries,
- Digitalize cocoa traceability flows,
- Be accessible on a real time base,
- Ensure standardization, quality, and auditability.
- Play a lead role by coordinating the cleaning and as well as updating the Master Data.
- S&OP writing
- Batch Traceability & Yield control processes implementation, aiming at reducing the Cocoa infiltration risks and strengthening the robustness of the system
- Reporting & Dashboards for internal & external use. In a strong partnership with the M&E team, the Traceability Coordinator Nigeria will make sure that the Katchilé traceability solution provides the required relevant reporting and dashboards for internal & external use.
- Train teams reporting to him as well as the Sectors & District leaders on the Traceability procedures & tools.
- Be the focal point & technical support for external partners regarding Nigeria traceability matters.
- Be responsible for his/her department budget.
- Remain open to new technologies and drive the piloting and development of new technological solution that to keep BC on the innovation hedge.
- Liaise with all third parties who will be connected with our traceability project.
- Be a team lead and design all the processes for the cleaning and updating of the Farmer Master Data
About You
- BSc. Agric with Information Technology with 5 years working experience. Masters is an added advantage
- Strong analytical and critical skills to ensure excellence in data and consistency in KPI reporting with experience in designing or working in sustainable KPI frameworks
- Well-versed in Microsoft Excel/ Agile environments/ GIS and other analytical tools (Python, R, SQL)
- Experienced using and reporting from SAP and other databases, experience in database design a plus
- Experience in the Agri. Development Traceability/ Sustainability sector is a plus.
- Able to coordinate teams outside of reporting line with different agenda, background and expertise.
- Knowledge in software programming and App development is an added advantage
- Able to explain complex reporting processes to end users with strong coaching and training skills
- Project management experience
- Ability to lead, plan, co-ordinate and monitor in order to achieve results
- Strong listening, analytical skills and solution minded
- Willing to travel 50% of the time to rural areas (LBAs/Coops/Brokers warehouses within the regions) and live upcountry
Method of Application
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