He is responsible for People management encompassing the end-to-end processes of talent acquisition, talent optimization, and talent retention while providing continued support for the business and guidance for the employees of an organization
Able to champion the work load distribution to efficiently deliver the Global KPI s of Trade Contract
This role requires end to end visibility of Commodity value chains to holistically define/change the operation model as and when required bit early
Main Accountabilities
- Support and share insight on the Budget planning
- Monitor Daily contract entry and issuance meet Global KPIs, across all value chains on a daily basis
- Ensure global projects like CLM, DocuSign and SENDA are successfully managed, rolled out and implemented in the team
- Ability to impart domain knowledge to the team to build a pool of subject matter experts (SMEs)
- Handle and resolve critical issues and propose solutions
- Provide support in process transitions and work on process stabilization, have well defined control process, SOPs and KPIs
- Lead and provide guidance to the team to effectively communicate and handle all day-to-day operational related activities with various stakeholders
- Handle succession planning, identify training needs and work on resource development to build a self-reliant and efficient team
- Liaison with legal and compliance on critical issues that require special attention/exceptions and ensure timely resolution
- Accountable for tracking performance and driving best in class KPIs
- Review of third party issued contracts to ensure Bunge risk is well covered
- Ensure document retention in accordance with Company s policies and procedure requirements
- Perform Month End Checks for Team and ensure accounting queries are resolved within the agreed deadline
- Work in coherence to achieve self and team goals
Additional responsibilities:
- Preparing monthly reports and scorecards
- Manage work allocation and leaves plan of the team
- Ensure Control mechanism, compliance checks are always in place
- Ensuring SOX and other statutory requirements are met and clean audit reports
- Ensuring close coordination with team to have smooth closure of month end activities
- Identify and propose ways of process improvement as per Industry leading practices
- Help in designing of the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool as per Organization requirement
- Manage change in CLM and ensure new changes are implemented
- Lead User Accessibility Testing (UAT)
- Handle exceptions generated, perform root cause analysis to resolve current issues and act proactively to avert potential issues in future
- Provide guidance and support to the team, knowledge sharing and best practices for talent optimization and retention
Knowledge and SkillsBehavior
- Improve Bunges outcomes by making data-driven decisions, keeping the customer at the forefront of all they do, and proactively gaining insight into the global strategy
- Collaborate, effectively communicate with others and take initiative to continually develop themselves
- Pursue opportunities to solve problems and take action while maintaining the ability to manage work, even in times of challenge or change
Technical
- Relevant experience in handling entry and issuance of commodity contracts for bulk and container shipments of Agri-commodities, with good knowledge of GAFTA, FOSFA contracts rules
- Good knowledge of concepts and procedures related to contract life cycle of commodity contracts and execution, related terms & guidelines, including expertise in Incoterms, logistics and shipping documents
- Ability to work independently, efficiently and deliver high quality output under time pressure
- Experience in managing people and processes through a sustained period of change
- Strong written & oral communications skills in English
- Knowledge of any other foreign languages will be an added advantage
- Computer proficient and competency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Experience in working with SAP system
Education & Experience
- 5-7 years of work experience in a similar role or with International Commodity company
- Minimum Education Qualification - Graduation, Post-graduation or MBA in International Business would be an advantage
- Relevant experience in handling commodity contracts with good knowledge of GAFTA, FOSFA contract rules is desirable
