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Operations Lead - West Africa Vacancy in an Agriculture Company (Monsanto)
Monsanto is an agriculture company with more than 20,000 employees
focused on making a balanced meal accessible to everyone. We work to
help farmers produce food in a more sustainable way. We think about how
our food is grown so farmers have the tools they need to have better
harvests.
We believe that bringing diverse perspectives together is the
most effective way to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s
biggest challenges. Career opportunities at Monsanto range from farming,
plant breeding and engineering to marketing, environmental science, IT
and many other areas.
We’re always looking for exceptional professionals
interested in developing a strong career while collaborating to develop
solutions for sustainable agriculture. Sound like a job for you?
Job Title: Operations Lead - West Africa
Job summary:
The Operations Lead is responsible for supporting the commercial
organization (Sales, Marketing and Product Management) in area to ensure
strong and sustainable growth of the Row Crops business (Seed and
Chem). This position is also accountable for the P&L of the
countries in the West Africa (Nigeria, Burkina Faso and others).
Key Responsibilities:
- Support
the Commercial Team through developing, negotiating and managing
customer agreements and pricing while focusing on retaining and
improving customer relationships; also analyzing performance in the
different areas of sales, relevant margins and expenses, performing
account planning and positioning for commercial accounts
- Support
Company policy of financial tracking revenue recognition to maintain a
proper inventory level to meet both customers and Company needs
(Forecast accuracy).
- Build and maintain partnerships with key
stakeholders utilizing Monsanto’s internal expertise and strengths
across all divisions and functions promoting initiatives to improve and
develop new business opportunities.
- Demonstrate strong
leadership by influencing and winning support within the commercial team
(sales, marketing, finance, customer operations); support that
functional and organizational objectives are met by creating a
synergistic culture, transferring Company strategy into meaningful team
objectives and actively seeking effectiveness in order to improve
performance
- Support the Commercial team by: developing team
effectiveness; providing Monthly Reports to Area Lead and circulating to
the team to encourage depth of understanding of financial indicators
and performance ‘v’ country scorecard.
- Ensure compliance with
local, state laws for all Company activities: acquisitions, mergers,
employee agreements, negotiations, agents, consultants, employees, third
parties engagements, purchase and/or sales of business / building,
contractual signatures, labor rule compliance, ESH local law compliance,
FCPA and BC compliance process. Actively engage in driving corrective
actions either within the local management team or external parties
- Coordinator
and mentor across functional projects and programs: identify and/or
lead together with the Leadership Team different project plans
Key responsibilities
- Fluent in English and French
- SAP, MS Office software (Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.)
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong organizational and planning ability (Setting appropriate milestones and demonstrating forward progress)
- Results focused with the proven ability to use own initiative.
- Strong teamwork (flexibility to work across the areas and positively influencing others)
- Leadership skills
- Establishing clear direction and making decisions on a timely manner
Why work with us?
- Life at Monsanto means collaborating with dedicated professionals in a stimulating environment.
- Our people demonstrate our winning culture through positive and meaningful relationships.
- You will work with market leading brand products in a global organization.
- We provide competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and some of the best career development opportunities in the industry.
- Monsanto is named Great Place to Work in many countries around the world.
- Join our global team where your contribution will make a real difference!
How to Apply
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