Executive Management Trainee

Pacifica Continental; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 200,000 - 400,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading agribusiness firm in Mexico is seeking an Executive Management Trainee to lead coffee business operations and manage a team. The role involves designing procurement strategies, ensuring compliance with budgets, and developing leadership skills in a dynamic environment. Successful candidates will have 3-4 years of relevant experience, preferably in agricultural commodities, and a strong educational background, including an MBA.

Formación

• 3-4 years full-time experience in multinational companies or exporters.
• Experience in agricultural commodities is highly recommended.

Responsabilidades

• Design and manage the procurement strategy for coffee.
• Optimize processing and quality resources to maximize capacity.
• Ensure adherence to systems and budgets.
• Lead the team to align with overall strategy.
• Interface with regulatory bodies for approvals.

Conocimientos

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Mobility

Interpersonal relationship

Analytical skills

Educación

University Degree with Post graduation courses, MBA

Descripción del empleo

The successful candidate will enter to the Regional trainee program, where for 12 - 18 months will participate in various modules to be carried out in home country and may include also different countries in the Latin America region. After successfully completing the program, the candidate will be considered a local manager and assigned as Branch Manager position in their country of origin or where there is an available opportunity.

The successful candidate will enter to the Regional trainee program, where for 12 - 18 months will participate in various modules to be carried out in home country and may include also different countries in the Latin America region. After successfully completing the program, the candidate will be considered a local manager and assigned as Branch Manager position in their country of origin or where there is an available opportunity.

Executive Management Trainee

The successful candidate will enter to the Regional trainee program, where for 12 - 18 months will participate in various modules to be carried out in home country and may include also different countries in the Latin America region. After successfully completing the program, the candidate will be considered a local manager and assigned as Branch Manager position in their country of origin or where there is an available opportunity.

Description and Functions of Position

Overview of the position:

The Branch Manager role will involve managing day to day activity of the current coffee business in the country including procurement, processing, quality, shipments and logistics. This is a well‑rounded role that gives the experience of managing a large business in one of the fastest growing Arabica or Robusta coffee origins.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and manage the procurement Strategy for coffee in the country with the respective teams below him to drive and deliver volumes as per the overall coffee business plan.
• Optimize utilization of processing and quality resources in the country to derive maximum capacity utilization and efficiencies and to eliminate controllable losses and minimize the impact of non‑controllable losses.
• Support in implementation of the required infrastructure to deliver volumes as per the business plan.
• Ensure strict adherence to all the laid down systems and procedures without exception.
• Ensure that all the direct and indirect costs for the business are within budgets.
• Counterparty & Credit Risk Management (buying & selling).
• Leading the team to ensure high engagement & motivational levels and get them aligned with the overall people + coffee strategy that we follow in country.
• Support the Profit Center Head in trading and positional decisions by providing adequate and timely market information.
• Interface with appropriate regulatory bodies for obtaining permissions, approvals, etc.
• Team development / Capability building amongst his / her team.

Others:

• Negotiation and business development with producers for origination of the respective agricultural commodity product.
• Commercial Contracts negotiation.
• Integrator of value chain on agri‑commodity product (from farm to factory gate).
• Market understanding and financial market analysis.
• Logistics (farm to factory gate or to export).

Languages:

• Advanced English. (Required).

Education:

• University Degree with Post graduation courses, MBA is ideal. Careers can be: Agronomical but with commercial / managerial focus, Business management (Agri‑commodities), or any commercial (sales, marketing) / business management, engineering.

Experience and Knowledge:

• Experience in areas related as above on job description is highly recommended.
• 3 to 4 years full time experience minimum in well recognized multinational companies, exporters or agricultural commodities (After having finalized studies).

Skills Required:

• Entrepreneurial Spirit.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Mobility, capacity to work in a low structure multicultural environment (flexibility).
• Good Interpersonal relationship and team work at high level.
• High level of personal organization, Discipline, Self‑motivation.
• Leadership and Ambition to achieve positions of responsibility.
• High level of Analytical skills (numerical & reasoning) and decision making.
• Results orientation and Attention to detail.
• Good leadership skills.
• Leadership and good interpersonal skills & teamwork.
• Discipline & Self‑Motivation.
• Strategic Mindset.

Other Requirements:

• Available for national or international travel.
• Willing to settle in other cities (up country) / and must have international mobility.
• Interest in pursuing a career in agribusiness / food ingredients industry.