Rural Retail Distribution Manager at Babban Gona

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Babban Gona’s retail distribution channels
• Lead retail distribution initiatives to ensure continuous improvement in operational efficiency and effectiveness to allow an annual 30% increase in sales.
• Ensure merchandise is scheduled, received, unloaded, and checked as appropriate.
• Initiate and support strategies to reduce slow moving inventory, per organizational objective.
• Drive retail and supply chain management resources to allow company to maximize market share.
• Coach, develop and train retail supervisors on principles and methods to establish a safe distribution channel and working environment.
• Develop practical solutions to problems without sacrificing quality.
• Meet department’s daily, weekly and monthly goals of the distribution center.
• Achieve high performance standards while coaching, training, and developing employees on best practices of our business.
• Analyze opportunities for growth, cutting costs, reducing damages and improving efficiencies.
• Continually improve productivity targets and process improvements
• Implement standard  policies/procedures to eliminate waste and improve productivity.
• Develop and manage project scope, project schedules, resource plans, and budget requirements.
• Complete status reports and communicate key issues to senior management.
• Assist in the training, monitoring, and recognition of employees’ compliance with safety policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Manage any other distribution projects.
• Maintain a positive and professional working relationship with peers, management, and support resources, with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.
• Provide regular updates to the head of the business unit on the progress.

Reporting Line:

• This position reports to the Head, Sales.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, or related field.
• Experience in retail distribution management
• Minimum of 4 years distribution management experience, preferably in a seed company or other agricultural company that works with a retail distribution to produce cereal seeds/grains.
• Experience in a fast paced medium to large sized distribution center environment.
• Solid knowledge of distribution operations, practices and procedures including merchandise flow.
• Strong administrative, organizational, managerial, interpersonal, and communication skills;
• Leadership ability to guide and drive results from a team.
• Passion for supply chain management and constant process improvement
• Excellent communication skills: Ability to directly work with farmers and field agents to achieve optimal outcome.
• Ability to interact and build relationships with people of diverse backgrounds;
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, and a keen eye for detail;
• Ability to resolve complex issues; work independently - receiving minimal guidance;

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

• Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health Insurance
• Pension
• Performance Bonus
• Annual paid vacation
• Group Life Insurance