Green Way Farms PLC is currently seeking a professional, high-performance individual to serve as a Supply Chain Manager.

This individual will have the unique opportunity to help shape the future of a young, environmentally, and socially-conscious agriculture business in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most promising economies. Ideal candidates have a passion for East Africa, a dedication to environmental sustainability, and the ability to successfully support the company’s horticulture production efforts as the company scales over the next 5 years to produce more than 500 tons of produce annually with several hundred partner farmers.

Green Way Farms is a socially-oriented agribusiness that produces organic produce in an environmentally-sustainable, organic manner in conjunction with a network of smallholder farmers.

The company currently operates from its Butajira Production Area with a team of 100 staff and 100+ Partner Farmers. Green Way maintains a facility (the Farmer Service Center) with a cold store, nursery, and pack-house in Butajira, SNNPR. The company exports regularly to Amsterdam, London, and Dubai.

As a young, but growing company, Green Way will develop new facilities and expand to at least one new production areas in the next 9 months with a vision to become East Africa’s largest organic specialty food company. Notably for this position, the company is significant increasing its exports in the next year, important new equipment, and expanding to new location.

The Senior Staff at the organization are a group of highly talented professionals with experience in Ethiopian export horticulture, and agricultural development sectors, as well as direct experience in the Ethiopian start-up context. Each member of the team has a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers and increasing access to organically and sustainable grown, high-nutritious foods, and is committed to seeing the company realize its core objectives.

Mission of Role

To ensure the company remains in compliance with all agribusiness best practices, and notably the certifications that the company is maintaining (currently EU Organic, GlobalGAP, GRASP). To ensure all internal and external inspections are streamlined, efficient, and completed without issue

Responsibilities & Outcomes

Required Experiences/Skills

• Undergraduate degree from a top-tier university with a minimum 3.0 GPA or equivalent
• Strong reading, writing, and speaking abilities in English language
• At least 4 years of experience working in one of the following fields: agronomic production or horticulture
• Experience working on agribusiness certification
• Experience leading projects, managing and owning responsibility for all aspects, from conception to execution
• Experience in information and/or data management
• Experience working in environments that are regularly changing and where results are generated not behind a desk, but out of the office with external stakeholders
• A strong attention to detail, a dedication to doing things correctly & completely, and complete reading and writing fluency in English
• Passionate and knowledgeable about organic farming, growing food, agribusiness, and compliance

Preferred Experiences/Skills

• Experience working at an early-stage organization
• Deep understanding of and experience with the rules and requirements of GlobalGAP as well and EU Organic
• Experience supporting certification in a smallholder farmer-oriented business

Reporting

The position reports to the Director of Operations

Location

This position is based in Butajira, SNNPR; however, the staff member may also choose to move to another of the company’s production sites after they are established. The location of future sites is not yet known.