Lead / Senior Lead -
Supply Partner Relationship
Plastics For Change has developed an ethical sourcing platform to create sustainable livelihoods for the urban poor while transitioning the industry towards a circular economy. Our deal process and mobile platform provide waste pickers with access to fair and consistent income opportunities.
Similar to fair trade agriculture, our platform creates transparency and accountability from the base of the supply chain to the store shelf. This results in more efficient shared-value chains and higher quality recycled plastic. We provide expertise to help catalyze brands and manufacturers to replace the use of virgin plastic with ethically sourced recycled plastic, thereby immediately improving the social and environmental impact of their products.
Job Description
We are looking for passionate and highly skilled individuals who can help us to establish and sustain a recyclable plastics fair trade supply chain through supply partnership model. These individuals should have experience in networking, partnership management, project management & compliance management. We are looking for people who share our values and are driven to create a positive change in the PFC recyclable plastics fair trade supply chain.
Job Title
Lead / Senior Lead- Supply Partner Relationship
Reports To
Senior Associate manger – Supply Partner Relationship
Location
Chennai
Duties and Key Responsibilities
Supply Partner Management:
1. Work closely with the recyclable plastics supply partners to ensure that the project runs smoothly & manage good relationships
2. Build capacity, develop & continuously improve the supply partner relationship towards PFC strategy & fair trade standards.
3. Engaging & developing the key stakeholders (scrap shops) in the partner’s supply
chain towards fair trade practices.
4. Implement various SoPs for supply chain & partnership management.
5. Continuously improve SOP’s to optimize supply chain & partners performance.
6. Working closely with the ethical sourcing, production and foundation team to build collaborative action plans. Build trust with all stakeholders and maintain strong working relationships.
7. Optimizing the supply partner capacity to increase supply capacity.
8. Facilitating management and client visits to the supply partners & supply chain.
Reporting and Documentation:
1. Use PFC applications to document, manage and report supply partners & supply chain data.
2. Log KPI data into PFC applications to monitor performance.
3. Managing, monitoring and reviewing the supply partner operations periodically with required documentation.
4. Ensuring timely, concise and accurate reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis on prescribed formats and applications.
General responsibilities:
1. Ensure professionalism at all times and demonstrate exemplary prioritisation of workload skills.
2. Ensure that the PFC policies, SOPs and protocols are being adhered to at all levels of the company.
3. Ownership and co-ordination of collaborative team contact with stakeholders.
4. Ensure strict adherence to data confidentiality and security.
5. Willingness to travel frequently across India, sometimes at short notice, including other places as per need of project or company.
6. Work closely with the PFC team and partners.
Note: The roles and responsibilities outlined above are not meant to be an exhaustive list of tasks. Flexibility is required and the incumbent is expected to carry out any other related duties that are necessary for the optimum functioning of the company as a whole within the employee's skills and abilities whenever a need is pointed out, becomes apparent or as reasonably instructed.
Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications:
● 3 to 5 years experience in supply chain management, partnership management, compliance management and managing people.
● Managing the informal sector workforce.
● Good understanding of social and environmental concepts and methods.
● Experience of being part of any project management or field work would be an added advantage.
● Past Experience of working in the fields of urban or rural development, environment, community relations / interventions would be an added advantage as well.
● Engagement, plastics recycling, and waste management will be helpful.
● Fluency in English, Tamil and Hindi languages.
Skills:
● Good interpersonal skills and ability to work.
● Project management skills.
● Be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the industry and markets.
● Ability to develop good relationships with stakeholders.
● Has excellent interpersonal skills and is able to understand individual's motivations
● Open to new challenges.
● Good data management, documentation and reporting skills.
● Good computer skills – MS Office and Working on CRM tools.
● Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks.
● Eye for detail.
● Able to learn new systems, methods, processes and procedures.
● Able to meet deadlines and produce quality outputs.
● Proactive and self-motivated.
● Humility, honesty, transparency, integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
CTC:
As per industry standards, performance bonus, medical Insurance and fixed travel allowance.
TO APPLY: Please send us a Cover Letter along with your CV to recruitment@plasticsforchange.com
Disclaimer
PFC is an equal employment opportunity for all employees and provides employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at PFC are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. PFC will not tolerate any kind of discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PFC encourages applicants of all ages.
