A leading multi-national within the food industry has the above-mentioned position for you in its subsidiary company in Ghana.

Reporting directly to the Logistics Manager, this individual will among other be responsible for the following: Crop Forecaster

Job Summary:

•   Organising and conducting monthly field trips to cocoa growing regions independently.
•   Conducting monthly data collection (quantitative and qualitative) of cocoa farms and farm conditions in order to support the Cocoa Market research
•   Spending one week per month up-country
•   Visting cocoa farms and quantifying and catergorising findings
•   Measuring and evaluating overall conditions of the farms
•   Holding discussions with farmers in order to get to know other relevant factors impacting the crop
•   Systematically documenting field observations and writing regular reports
•   Maintaining and working with all data for weighbridge activities concerning crop
•   Following up on stack reconciliation with warehousing subcontractors
•   Preparing weekly stock delivery, planning stock delivery, planning stock delivery together with operations department and warehousing subcontractors in addition to following up on on a daily basis
•   Participating in monthly stocktaking

Qualification Required & Experience

The ideal candidate must have:

•   A University degree in Agricultural Science, Agronomy or similar from a well-known institution
•   A minimum of 2 years working experience in the cocoa industry, e.g field work, dealing with cocoa farmers, sustainability matters
•   Proven interest in the cocoa industry
•   Ability to work without supervision
•   Be computer literate with good working knowledge of MS Excel
•   Good interpersonal and communication skills
•   Clean driver's license
•   Fit and in good physical condition
•   Fluent in English language
•   Pro-active, systematic, practical problem-solving skills and hands-on attitude

Location: Accra

How to Apply For the Job

If you meet the above criteria, please submit an application letter, CV and immediate contact telephone numbers to the address below:

temarecruitment@gmail.com

Closing Date: 07 October, 2016