Logistics Manager (Procurement and Inventory)

Job Description

Location: Field-based across the Company’s operating territories, with frequent travel to fulfilment centers, farms, aggregation points, warehouses, processors, suppliers and other supply chain locations.

The Logistics Manager (Procurement and Inventory) provides end-to-end managerial control over the materials, crop inventory and fulfilment-centre processes required to execute the company’s grower and buyer commitments. The role translates the approved sales and operations plan, crop production calendar, buyer specifications and trade schedule into a coordinated procurement, inventory and processing plan across all fulfilment centers and operating locations.

The role is accountable for ensuring that cultivation inputs, packaging, processing materials and other bill-of-material items are competitively sourced and available when required; that crops and inputs are received, recorded, protected, processed and reconciled accurately; and that fulfilment-centre capacity,
machines, labour, packaging and documentation are ready to complete each order within its service level agreement. The manager creates one reliable view of supply readiness from approved demand through procurement, receipt, processing and handover for transport or shipment.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
• At least five to seven years of progressive experience in agricultural supply-chain operations, export logistics, postharvest handling or agricultural value-chain management, including meaningful accountability for results across multiple locations.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience leading procurement, inventory/warehouse and agricultural processing or fulfilment activities rather than managing only one of those disciplines in isolation.

• Proven experience executing agricultural export or large buyer orders from supply planning and farm gate/aggregation receipt through grading, sorting, packaging, QA handover and dispatch or port handover.

• Evidence of improving measurable service, inventory accuracy, supplier performance, throughput, loss, cost or working-capital outcomes across dispersed operations.

• Experience managing and building the capability of supply-chain teams in different locations, including setting standards, reviewing evidence remotely, visiting sites and addressing persistent performance gaps.

• Practical experience translating S&OP, demand forecasts, crop plans and buyer specifications into procurement, BOM, inventory and production-capacity plans.

• Strong experience in competitive sourcing, supplier due diligence, negotiation, contract/SLA management and strategic partnership development for agricultural inputs, packaging, processing materials or similar categories.

• Demonstrated integrity in environments exposed to stock loss, diversion, supplier influence, emergency buying, document manipulation and pressure to ship nonconforming products.

• Ability and willingness to travel frequently, work from field and fulfilment-centre locations, and support critical trade windows outside standard office hours when required by the approved operating plan.

Qualifications and professional requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Operations Management, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Industrial/Mechanical Engineering, Food Science or a closely related discipline; a relevant master’s degree is advantageous.

• A recognized supply-chain, procurement, inventory or logistics qualification such as CIPS, ASCM/CSCP, CLTD, CPIM or an equivalent professional certification is strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of agricultural export requirements, postharvest quality, food safety, traceability, packaging, storage, occupational safety and certification controls relevant to Complete Farmer’s crop portfolio.

• Strong written and spoken English. French and relevant Ghanaian or regional language capability are advantageous for cross-border supplier, grower and site management.

• A valid driver’s licence and ability to travel safely to remote operating locations are strongly preferred, subject to local policy and reasonable accommodation.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
1. S&OP and integrated planning
2. Agricultural value-chain execution
3. Procurement and partnerships
4. BOM, MRP and material readiness
5. Inventory and warehouse control
6. Production and fulfilment operations
7. Quality and traceability interface
8. Supplier and contract performance
9. Working capital and cost
10. ERP, WMS and analytics
11. Multi-site operating systems
12. Risk, safety and continuity
13. People leadership
14. Cross-functional execution: Align Commercial, Agronomy, Field Operations, QA, Finance, Fleet/Ports, suppliers and fulfilment centres around one approved trade and S&OP plan.