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 startup 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 improve the outcomes of the company’s Production Team by developing practical insights that inform the company’s crop portfolio, site selection, and agronomic practices (spacing, pest management). To establish and run a rigorous, effective, and collaborative research and development program that is responsive to the company’s needs

Responsibilities & Outcomes

Required Experiences/Skills

• Undergraduate degree from a top-tier university with a minimum 3.0 GPA or equivalent

·         At least 3 years of experience working in one of the following fields: agronomic production, horticulture, or agriculture research

·         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

·         Passionate and knowledgeable about organic farming, growing food, agribusiness, and research

Preferred Experiences/Skills

• Experience working at an early-stage organization
• Experience conducting agricultural research for an agribusiness
• Advanced abilities in MS Excel

Reporting

The position reports to the Director of Operations

Location

This position is based in Butajira, SNNP Region; however, the staff member may also choose to move to another of the company’s production sites after they are established. She/he will be responsible for leading the company’s research activities across all sites. The location of future sites is not yet known. Additionally, she/he will likely need to travel across Ethiopia, visiting different research centers and supporting the crop registration process.