Cluster Head

Company Profile
We are a bio-farming focused social enterprise designed to address three of the world's most pressing concerns – nutrition deficiency, climate change, and farmer livelihoods – simultaneously We do so through a unique, hub-and-spoke model designed to be sustainable and scalable.

Regenerative Agriculture
The company's farming practices pushes the bar well beyond conventional organic…into standards that are now being recognized as Regenerative Organic (a term initiated by The Rodale Institute).

Key dimensions include: companion cropping, crop sequencing, photosynthesis support and soil life enhancement through microbial culture…all of which significantly enhances the bio-availability and nutrient density of the produce.

This unique new design was recently awarded the Food System Vision 2050 Prize by Rockefeller Foundation and has been selected as one of the finalists at the Global TFF Challenge 2021 – "How to feed 10 billion people by 2050 on a hotter planet?".

Collaborating for the Future: This humble attempt of ours to create a prototype for a food system of the future necessarily includes collaborating with all key actors of the food system such as policy makers, trade and

the F&B industry.

The company looks forward to meaningful and creative collaborations with key institutions and individuals and together building a nutrition-secure future – for all.

Job Description
Title:
Cluster Head
The role of the incumbent will be to lead production & back end operations at the cluster and its partner farmer operations. The team at cluster will report to this position.

Total team strength: 10-12

Direct repartees: 2-3

Job Location: Palla (Near Delhi)
Roles And Responsibilities

• Head production & operations for the cluster.
• Responsible for production planning, logistics and customer delivery metrics in the cluster.
• Work very closely with the sales team to get the market forecast and plan production to provide continuous supply of SKUs as needed by the consumers
• Execute contracting farming activity with the network farmers, in compliance with the company's practices.
• Mobilise and finalise suitable farmers, which are roped in by Contract farming staff, motivate, train & guide them for taking up regenerative organic production as per company's protocols
• Monitor all farming activities to ensure that practices are followed and no chemical usage is carried out
• Manage activities of collection centre at each RAC– receiving vegetables from network farmers, sorting grading and storage.
• Ensure produce quality and work closely with operations teams to supply produce to the Collection centre / Distribution Centre
• Plan the RAC level input production as per the vegetable production plans
• Work with technical teams to execute practices as per the latest science in regenerative agriculture, as well as provide feedback from the field to the technical Centre of Excellence
• Budget planning and cost optimization of all activities
• Explore opportunities for expanding across multiple locations in the same region.

Qualification / Skills Required

• Post-graduation or graduation in Agriculture with 8-10 year of experience in working with farmers at the ground level.
• However, graduate / post graduate in any other discipline with relevant experience of around 10 + years in managing Regional level Agri / Fruits and Vegetables/ contract farming operations across leading organisations. Prior experience of organic / natural farming is preferred.
• Good communication skills in English, Hindi & local language
• Good people management skills, having worked as a team leader with direct reports.
• Proficiency in computer skills (Excel, word & PowerPoint) & working knowledge of ERP systems.

Salary : Rs. 12.0 to 15.0 LPA
Skills: computer skills,cost optimization,business development,cluster,expansion planning,budget creation & management,operations,erp systems,contract farming,customer delivery metrics,farming activities monitoring,regenerative organic production,logistics,vermicomposting,organic farming,people management,agriculture,budget planning,production planning,communication skills