Recruitment Notice: 02 Area Managers needed. ABK Cocoa Farm is an agro-industrial project specializing in the production of sustainable and fair trade cocoa.

JOB TITLE: Cocoa purchasing area manager
Work contract: CDD- Experience required: minimum 3 years in the cocoa value chain
Remuneration: to be negotiated

Created on 03/03/2023
Job description
Job title Area managers (2 positions)
Corresponding job description Commercial management of a given geographical area
Positioning in the organization Under the responsibility of the Cocoa purchase-sale operations coordinator
Missions • Implementation of the purchase-sale strategy cocoa of the company in its area
• Identification of the needs of producers and networks of producers
• Budget management
• Proposal of solutions adapted to producers
• Participation in the development of the commercial action plan
• Management of the network of producers
• Search for new opportunities to develop its area
• Communication of the report of the activity and the results to the management •
Means and prerogatives

• Means of travel of the company
• Communication budget
• Prerogatives in terms of organizing tasks and managing projects
• Team of motivated employees
Internal and external relations Internally linked with the departments:
• Responsible for the marketing operations of cocoa
• Administrative and Financial Manager
• Plant production manager
• Sales manager
• Human resources and CSR manager
• Management assistant
• – R&D
• – logistics
Externally:
• Public and private organizations
• Business partners
• Audit consulting companies
• …
Conditions and workplace • Position based in Nkoteng
• Regular trips to the field, with suppliers and other stakeholders
Job profile
Skills required

Career profile
• A solid understanding of the realities of the cocoa sector and production processes
• Strong leadership skills
• Proven skills in self-management and team management
• Ability to make decisions under pressure
• Have great social and communication skills

-Holder of a License or Master level training you have 3 minimum years of professional experience acquired in the trade of basic products (cocoa or coffee), cocoa production;
-You have a keen sense of commercial negotiation and relationship;
-You have lived and worked in a rural area and have a perfect knowledge of the cocoa production areas;
-You are enthusiastic, autonomous and organized. You are passionate about the development of Africa

NB: APPLICATIONS WITHOUT PROVEN EXPERIENCE IN THE COCOA VALUE CHAIN ​​AND A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ONE OF THE MAIN COCOA PRODUCTION AREAS IN CAMEROON WILL BE SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATED.

About the ABK Cocoa Farm project: ABK Cocoa Farm is a company specializing in sustainable and fair agricultural production. ABK Cocoa Farm aims for a substantial reduction in chemical inputs and favors agroecology and agroforestry techniques to preserve biodiversity and forest ecosystems; to protect the environment. ABK Cocoa Farm places at the heart of its corporate strategy, an ambitious social and environmental policy aimed at: improving the conditions and standard of living of its employees; the implementation of social and environmental responsibility standards; the adoption of national and international certification standards on agriculture in general and cocoa cultivation in particular;

You are not afraid of challenges, you want to engage in the structural transformation of Africa through agriculture? Join us !

Apply to: contact@abkcocoafarm.com
Ad valid until May 15, 2023.