Title

Asst Manager- Farm tools

Programme

UCID

Location

Gobichettipalayam, Erode District

Job Objective

·         To Identify Farm tools related innovative products which are affordable and effective in creating broader impacts in rural areas.

·         To support the testing team to test the products to understand the local / rural suitability in terms of cost, utility, local acceptance and other set parameters for each products and services.

·         Scientific documentation of testing of the products, which will lead to the addition / rejection of project to the Samruddhi product portfolio and also lead to the scouting products of similar nature.

·         To establish Win – Win relationship with the suppliers of the successful innovative products to be marketed through Samruddhi stores 

Reporting to

Manager (New Products ) , UCID

Reporting from

·         Direct reporting from field & Vendors.

·         Work in field in association with SSO, SA, VLE and Lead farmers.

Qualification

BE (Agriculture Engineering) with MBA or  Mechanical Engineering with MBA

Experience (Years / Nature)

Fresher or one – two yrs experience in Irrigation companies, Enterprise / R&D / NGO with an understanding complexities of rural people

Knowledge (K)

(1) Subject matter (2) Farming systems (3) Farm tools related Input sourcing & marketing (4) Farm & Farming comunity (5) understanding rural complexities (6) Contribution of livestock towards farm economics (7) Extension  strategies and methods

Skills (S)

(1) Communication (with all stakeholders) (2) Technological (3) Training (4) Diagnostic & Solutions (6) Organizational (7) Demonstration.

Attitudes (A)

(1) Serving rural clients (2) Tech. Know-how (3) Field work (4) Organization
(5) Farmers Interest (6) Problem solving (7) Self-development (8) Team player

Activities

• Systematic scouting of new products related to Farm tools and machineries
• Supporting testing team in trial design and preparing templates for data entries and consolidation.  
• No. of innovative products / services launched at the stores regarding Farm tools & machineries.
• Facilitating MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) between Vendor and Samruddhi.
• Time taken from min stock position at store to replenish stock.
• Credit terms obtained from the Vendor regarding the marketing of the products
• Trade discounts, Cash discounts, Promotion payments received from the Vendor.
• Train SSO, SA and VLE on Farm tools and Machineries.
• To design marketing model (Rent model and other designs) in association with A.M (Marketing) for required tools and machineries.

Outcomes

·         High degree of contribution towards self sustainability of stores through farm tools and Machineries.