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Field Officer- Sourcing

Takataka Solutions

full time Nairobi Posted 2 days ago

Education**

  • Diploma in Business Management or related field. 

Experience**

  • Prior experience in waste recycling or related industry is required. 

  • Business Understanding

  • Strong understanding of: 

  • Different types of recyclable materials 

  • Recycling market dynamics 

  • Sales and sourcing strategies 

  • Achieve the monthly set sourcing targets: both quality and quantity

  • Oversee purchasing recyclable materials from waste pickers in all assigned BBC as per BBC quality SOP

  • Monthly Delivery schedule for aggregators 

  • Onboard new waste pickers for purchases and maintain relationships with suppliers by regular (e.g. weekly) check-ins

  • Handle grievances of waste pickers and update grievance tracker and update Manager through email after grievance

  • Conduct research and gather market intelligence on suppliers, pricing, and new products or services.

  • Update daily expected deliveries and liaise with buyback Centre supervisor/Operations

  • Prepare and update delivery and target tracker

  • Market research survey on focus with the company recycling fractions

  • Attending weekly meeting with with BBC Manager

  • Hold Daily brief with Assistant field officers 

  • Supervise all the Assistant field officers and ensure all tasks are done

  • Create a budget and proactively suggest cost-cutting initiatives

  • Updating the market research survey  tracker  with focus on cost cutting

  • Comprehensive Market Research on all recyclable materials 

  • New proposals of new model with focus on quality of material

  • Achieve set Purchases target set for every BBC

  • Zero unresolved waste pickers issues

  • Waste pickers D-notes are issued on time