Company: Terviva India Private Limited

Job Title: Head of Procurement

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Annual CTC: INR 50L to 70L

Base Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand

About us:

Founded in 2010, Terviva is a food and ag innovation company partnering with communities and farmers to harvest and grow Pongamia, also known as Karanja. Pongamia is a climate-resilient tree which produces abundant, protein- and oil-rich legumes. It sequesters carbon, improves soil health and water quality while growing on land where other crops can’t grow. This helps to avoid deforestation and revitalize agricultural lands and communities around the world.

Terviva has a complex and exciting product portfolio that includes biofuel feedstocks, high-quality edible oils and proteins and bioactives. Our equitable practices ensure a positive impact across the supply chain, while our ability to integrate into existing infrastructure accelerates the transition to more sustainable crops. We are actively selling both the oil and the meal from the beans of the Pongamia tree.

For more information, please see www.Terviva.com

OVERALL JOB PURPOSE

To devise and execute on the India procurement strategy for sourcing of Pongamia/Karanja beans as per the budgeted price, volumes, quality and timelines. The person will be responsible for program creation and field scale interventions with internal and external stakeholders in the domain of estimating & increasing availability, procurement & negotiations strategy, pre-crush processing of Pongamia beans in India.

The primary focus areas of this position is:

• To manage and execute on the budgeted forecasts for Costs, Volumes & Timelines as per the Terviva’s agreed standards on traceability, quality and sustainability.
• To assess and provide actionable insights of the ground fundamentals and to roll out interventions as per the insights
• To efficiently manage the Supply Chain Risks
• To continuously strengthen the Origination Structure and capacities of the stakeholders( Community resource persons, farmers, self-help groups and collection centers).
• To ensure compliance on local regulations and also enhance the company's reputation, while strengthening the link between TerViva and the bean gatherers/ suppliers/ partners in all the potential procurement zones of India.