Background

Pyxus Agriculture Limited is a subsidiary of a trusted provider of responsibly sourced, independently verified, sustainable and traceable agricultural products and ingredients, operating in Malawi servicing the needs of its shareholders and customers. A career opportunity has arisen in our organisation for the position of Seasonal Groundnuts Buying Clerks.

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate will be responsible for buying, capturing and reconciling groundnuts sales data during all the groundnuts buying processes for Integrated Production System (IPS) growers and Contract Marketing suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Groundnuts buying and payments
• Data reconciliation, truckload creation and record keeping
• Reporting

Qualifications, Experience, Skills, Attributes and Knowledge

• A minimum of a diploma in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration, or Accounting is required.
• 2 years’ experience in data capturing, buying or sales or accounting work is essential.
• Experience in working with an information management system.
• Good interpersonal, communication, problem solving, analytical, and computer skills.
• Self-driven, disciplined and motivated.
• Willing to work and stay in remote areas.

• Facilitates the physical groundnut buying process for contract market Suppliers at buying centres following the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Captures buying data at designated buying points using the required system following the SOP.
• Ensure payment receipts are prepared and processed for payment.
• Supports in organizing buying schedules for contract market suppliers.
• Supports in capturing verified buying data for IPS growers.
• Ensures all buying equipment is operational, secure and ready for use at all times.
• Coordinating with logistics for collection, handover and storage of groundnuts.
• Keeping accurate and verifiable records of transactions
• Reconciles bags on Nut In Shell (NIS) from trucks arriving at the warehouse against physical documents.
• Reconciles physical stock of contract marketing NIS in the warehouse against physical documents.
• Creates truckloads for all groundnuts arriving at the warehouse following the SOP.
• Liaises with the field team on issues related to the delivery of NIS at the warehouse.
• Ensures verified buying documents are well filed and kept safe at the warehouse.
• Identifies and timely reports all system related issues to responsible personnel.
• Identifies and timely reports buying related issues to the responsible personnel.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports.

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Analytical skills
• Computer skills

• Diploma in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration, or Accounting
• Experience in working with an information management system