RENEW Investment Advisors Plc. Senior Officer: Supply Chain and Customer Relationship Jobs in Ethiopia

RENEW Investment Advisors Plc. Senior Officer: Supply Chain and Customer Relationship Jobs in Ethiopia


  • ET Fresh General Trading is an established UAE importing company and is a joint partnership between the U.S. and Ethiopian shareholders.

  • ET Fresh's mission is to import and distribute fresh products sourced from East Africa to markets around the world.

  • Currently, we import different products such as tahini, vacuum-packed meat, avocados, and coffee from East Africa to the UAE market.

  • RENEW is an impact investment firm with its largest office is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where it manages its investment operations and supports its portfolio companies’ growth.

  • RENEW has closed an investment in ET Fresh. In support of ET Fresh, we are recruiting for Supply Chain and Customer Relationship position.

    Job Requirements

    Accountable for:

  • Hitting the annual sales target: Ensuring that the company successfully exports different products to the UAE and/or African markets.

  • Timely and professional communications: Ensuring timely interactions between supplier and ET Fresh agents as measured by responses with proper spelling and cordial, professional communications within 1 hour of emails and phone calls

  • Customer / Agent Satisfaction: Ensuring that the agents get what they ordered when they ordered it as measured by customer satisfaction scores conducted periodically after orders received and by feedback from agents.

    Responsible for:

  • Liaising between suppliers in Ethiopia and agents in the UAE - ensuring timely and professional communications and making sure both parties know the status of the orders - no surprises.

  • Working with the supplier to make sure all export documentation for goods leaving Ethiopia is prepared accurately.

  • Working with the supplier to make sure export documents are sent out timely.

  • Reviewing all orders before they are shipped to ensure they are prepared as per the customers'/agents'
    orders.

  • Working with customs clearance agents to ensure the timely delivery of goods to customers.

  • Finding new suppliers in Ethiopia.

  • Screening new suppliers to ensure they meet quality, volume, and specification standards.

  • Providing weekly plans (Monday), and results (Friday) to RENEW

  • Accomplishing those company OKRs and annual goals as outlined in the AMP, that is assigned to you.

  • Providing timely reports to RENEW.

  • Updating sourcing pipeline regularly.

  • Updating sales pipeline regularly.

  • Writing SOPs and presenting those for approval to RENEW.

  • Preparing and providing reports to the Board.

    Corporate expectations:

  • Upholding the company's values.

  • Being on time to all meetings

  • Dressing and communicating with all stakeholders professionally.

  • Preparing for meetings and owning and completing all the next steps assigned to you.

  • Understanding and implementing the company's policies.

  • Suggesting improvements to RENEW to make the company work better.

    Additional Skills

  • Excellent communication skills.

  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office.

  • Experience in managing QA/QC.

  • Experience working in a company exporting to the UAE would be a plus.

    Job requirement

  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in sales, customer service, and supply chain.

  • BA degree in Sales and Marketing, economics, or any other related fields.

  • Expert level sales skills

  • Experience in the service sector

  • Demonstrated ability to write and speak English is mandatory

    How to Apply

  • ET Fresh invites qualified applicants to submit to ygetachew@renewstrategies.com a CV, along with a cover letter describing your qualifications related to the requirements for this position, salary expectations, and reasons for applying. Applicants should include their graduate GPAs in their CVs.

  • A friendly suggestion to candidates: Please pay attention to details and follow instructions, providing the information requested.

  • Only complete applications will be considered.

  • Application Timeline: We will begin interviewing candidates on a rolling basis as early as the post date.

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