Babban Gona Farmer Services Commodity Trading Manager Jobs in Nigeria
Babban Gona Farmer Services Commodity Trading Manager Jobs in Nigeria
Key Responsibilities Capture commodity price information and conduct price assessments.
Secure the best prices on purchases while simultaneously supplying competitive bids to customers.
Develop and expand coverage of aligned commodities.
Develop, expand and maintain sources and contacts relevant to the market area of coverage.
Establish, maintain, and grow customer relationships by engaging customers and learning about their businesses, including their marketing strategy, hedging needs, and the value we can bring to their operations by way of market knowledge and products that best fit their business.
Presentation of marketing strategies and products to customers, using working knowledge of grain market fundamentals and basis trading principles.
Timely, accurate contract entry and hedging of all purchases.
Managing the logistics surrounding grain origination and merchandising.
Strong communication with fellow merchants and commercial team regarding local market conditions to build merchandising strategies and identify trading opportunities.
Operating for growth of the Babban Gona brand from both top-line and bottom-line on Babban Gona Agriculture Marketplace - including P&L responsibilities and day to day operations at Babban Gona
Building and maintaining a database of customers that shop with the Babban Gona brand to retarget for relevant brands/products
Build and maintain in-stock rate, pricing and promotions.
Develop and maintain analytics dashboards while working with Business Intelligence central reporting to track and optimize performance.
Closely monitor competitor action and develop strategies to grow market share.
Set weekly targets; effectively communicate targets effectively to relevant stakeholders, and hold marketing and operations leaders accountable to hitting targets.
Train, coach and direct Marketplace team on merchandise handling, shipment processing, merchandise presentation, and visual techniques as needed.
Make iterative changes to the marketplace infrastructure to ensure success.
Partner with the Enterprise Systems Engineering and Product team on the vision for marketplace operations in the app and ensure the product roadmap supports business needs.
Regularly evaluate the health of the markets, proffer cross-functional solution(s) to enable struggling markets succeed. Also recommend and justify exit if required.
Operate in a fast-paced, highly fluid environment - think creatively, structure problems analytically, prioritize and effectively use data to drive decisions.
Reporting Line
This position reports to the Executive Director, Corporate Services.
Requirements
Profound know-how in commodity trading
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Agric Economics, Marketing or other related fields;
Masters degree preferred
Broad knowledge in a financial or agricultural field
Experience: Minimum of 5 years in a similar type of role in purchasing or trading (experience in a grain merchandising role is preferred)
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written skills; ability to present in a large group setting
Knowledge of merchandising practices and flexible contract pricing methods
Analytical; problem-solving; prioritizing; and multi-tasking abilities
Ability to relate to the needs of the farmers’ work with a wide variety of teams and suppliers; work with numbers.
Ability to measure impact and benchmark.
Expert with Excel, PowerPoint, Word and web-based applications
Highly analytical, organized, detail oriented, communicative and collaborative
Implementing and Scaling Innovative Program
Leadership experience, preferably in managing large network of partners
Project Management Skills for Financial Projections
Experienced with craft, research, data collection, data analysis and financially efficient means of growing the company’s business and profits.
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
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Babban Gona Farmer Services Commodity Trading Manager Jobs in Nigeria
Find Latest Jobs in Nigeria Today - Recruitment in Nigeria Job - Nigerian Jobs - in Nigeria - Job Vacancies in Nigeria
Search our career portal & find the latest Nigerian job positions, career opportunities & jobs in Nigeria.
Jobs in Nigeria - banking jobs in Nigeria, IT jobs in Nigeria, accounting jobs in Nigeria, NGO jobsin Nigeria, business administration in Nigeria, ICT jobs in Nigeria, UN jobs in Nigeria, procurement jobs in Nigeria, education jobs in Nigeria, hospital jobs in Nigeria, human resources jobs in Nigeria, engineering jobs in Nigeria, teaching jobs in Nigeria, and other careers in Nigeria.
Oil and Gas job vacancies in Nigeria, MTN jobs in Nigeria, job vacancies in Nigeria for fresh graduates.
Federal government jobs in Nigeria, job vacancies in Nigeria Federal Civil Service.
Find your dream job from 1000s of vacancies in Nigeria posted and updated daily - click here!
Click here to post comments
Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to NGO Jobs in Africa.
