Purchasing Manager, Fresh Produce, Peru

Purchasing Manager, Fresh Produce, Peru

An exciting opportunity to bring your fresh produce knowledge to a VC-backed digital marketplace and be part of the success story to transform agriculture!

Created by Petros and Ilias in 2017, Wikifarmer is a global platform with the mission of empowering farmers by educating them and offering them access to the open market to sell their products at fair prices.

In a nutshell 🥜

We're seeking a Peru-based sourcing specialist to enhance our fresh produce procurement strategy. You'll be responsible for identifying top-quality suppliers across Peru, negotiating competitive prices, and managing end-to-end logistics for exports to the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. This role involves building strong supplier relationships, coordinating with logistics partners, ensuring quality control, and collaborating with our European team to deliver excellence from farm to destination.

Day-to-day responsibilities :

• Source premium fresh produce directly from Peruvian growers.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with trusted suppliers across Peru's agricultural regions.
• Negotiate competitive freight rates and coordinate with logistics partners for seamless international shipping.
• Collaborate with European colleagues to align procurement with global market demands.
• Implement comprehensive quality control measures throughout the sourcing process.
• Manage claims resolution and ensure customer satisfaction from purchase to delivery.
• Oversee complete supply chain process ensuring products arrive at destination in optimal condition.

Experience and requirements necessary to be successful in this role :

What we can offer :

Wikifarmer is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are actively working to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

About Wikifarmer

Wikifarmer is a global platform with the mission of empowering and educating farmers across the world and at the same time connecting them with the open market to sell their products at fair prices.

We believe that all farmers in the world should be able to showcase their production, name a price for their products, and compete fairly in the local, or the global marketplace.

Our vast knowledge base is already accessible in 17 different languages and has been visited by millions of farmers from all over the world.

Wikifarmer is a for-profit organization with social impact. It is transforming agriculture and food systems by forcing transparency, accountability, security, and honesty. Our top priorities are eliminating food waste by instantly matching farmers to buyers and disintermediating the market.

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