Africa Coffee Program Lead at Nestle

Type of contract: Permanent contract 

1. Master Degree in Agriculture, Management, or equivalent
2. 10 years experience as agriculture project manager in sustainability operations with strong project management and facilitation/engagement skills 

Position Summary

As a Coffee Program Lead your main role is to lead the Nespresso coffee sustainability and sourcing in Asia and Africa. Your main mission is the following:

• Define strategy for the regions and implement
• Oversee the Nespresso sustainable quality coffee sourcing
• Manage stakeholders for trust and efficiency

A day in the life of...

Sustainable Quality Coffee Sourcing:

• Oversee the sourcing of coffee volume from the region including financial and physical traceability
• Ensure the quality of field data capture in the management system F.A.R.M.S
• Identify key risks and opportunities: Volume and price during harvest, labour conditions, Deforestation, Biodiversity, cluster development, COVID

Strategy and field implementation: 

• Manage direct and indirect teams located in Kenya and in each country under management responsibillity
• Translate the global impact strategy into a regional and country specific strategies.
• Establish long-term roadmaps,  targets, technical assistance, projects and interventions, training (suppliers, farmers and agronomists)
• Design local projects and interventions to address root causes of key local challenges
• Guarantee the good execution of all activities in direct connection with suppliers 
• Contribute to the HQ consolidation on progress vs. strategy, agronomy expertise, key challenges management (Coffee sourcing, Child labour, Gender equality, Living income, Biodiversity...)

What will make you successful

Skills/Competencies/Attributes:

• Team management skills
• Proven track record in delivering results by working with cross-functional teams
• Communication skills to engage with local partners and global organisations
• Ability to work in a multinational and multistakeholder environment

Education

• Master Degree in Agriculture, Management, or equivalent

Experiences:

• 10 - 15 years experience as agriculture project manager in sustainability operations with strong project management and facilitation/engagement skills 
• Strong understanding of the African and Asian context & in purchasing & demonstrated on-the-field experience in rural development projects