ThaiNGO

Agriculture Supply Chain Manager

Bring The Elephant Home

For a world where elephants and people can thrive

Organization:                 Foundation Bring The Elephant Home

Date vacancy:               01/01/2023 - 30/06/2023

Contract:                      Full-time, 6 months contract

Level:                           Project management, salary of Thai NGO level or consultancy-based.

Based in:                      Remote with regular visits to Ruam Thai village, Prachuap Khiri Khan

Working hours:              Full time

Introduction Bring The Elephant Home

The Asian elephant, a keystone species, is threatened with extinction as deforestation has destroyed much of its habitat, food supply and migration routes. To survive, elephants often search for food and water outside of protected areas, resulting in conflicts between elephants and people. Over the last three generations, a population decline of at least 50% has been estimated, with a current population of less than 40,000 wild Asian elephants.

Bring The Elephant Home’s mission is to ensure the well-being and survival of elephants, contribute to socio-ecological resilience, and work towards a world in which people and elephants can thrive. Our community-based conservation strategy, developed over more than a decade, integrates the diverse values of elephants and implements solutions that provide mutually beneficial outcomes for people, elephants and the environment. Our projects are inclusive and promote shared decision-making, ownership, sustainability, equality, pride, and partnerships. We believe that when local people take ownership of conservation efforts, lasting positive change will happen.

The Tom Yum project (launched in August 2020) promotes human-elephant coexistence near Kuiburi National Park in Thailand by supporting farmers to grow plants that are disliked by elephants, such as chillies, lemongrass, galangal, lime, kaffir lime, and other aromatic plants. The project helps to diversify local livelihoods for rural people by harvesting the yield of these alternative crops.

Your role

As we enter the next phase of the project,  we are now looking for a dynamic and dedicated Supply Chain Manager.

Do you have experience in agricultural supply chain management? Are you passionate about regenerative farming and fair trade? If so, you might be the person we are looking for to join us as the Agriculture Supply Chain Manager.

This position requires a Thai resident and will involve a diverse and exciting range of activities, including:

• Manage supply chain and logistics from farm to factory
• Assist farmers in developing contracts with buyers
• Contacting potential buyers and partners and presenting the project in Thai and/or English.
• Increasing the economic returns of the project by sourcing viable markets for agricultural yield or elephant-friendly products created from the crops
• Analyse economic data relevant to the agricultural supply chain and create monthly reports
• Regularly work with our local team in Ruam Thai village to assist farmers in the transition to regenerative farming and fair trade.

Your qualifications

• Graduate qualifications in a related discipline (agricultural science, supply chain management, sales & marketing, community resource management, social marketing)
• Experience in regenerative farming and/or fair trade 
• Experience in creating accurate and structured financial reports,
• Demonstrated management skills, including the ability to plan and meet deadlines
• Thai resident and fluent in Thai
• Good communication skills in Thai and English
• Proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel and/or equivalent programs to generate sales reports and manage logistics.

Applications

Please send a cover letter and your current CV, including two references before Dec 20, 2022.

Send your application to:  support@bteh.org

More information:  www.bring-the-elephant-home.org

Bring The Elephant Home is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, inclusion, and equality. We celebrate the range of diversity, culture, and unique differences within our organization and network. We embrace inclusiveness by encouraging everyone to share their ideas, opinions and knowledge, and we welcome diversity at all levels. Furthermore, we believe that inclusion enables out-of-the-box solutions, makes sustainable growth possible, increases resilience, and is essential to creating a just and more sustainable world.

Bring The Elephant Home is officially registered as a non-profit organization in Thailand.