Overall Responsibilities :

- Improving livelihoods and incomes of smallholder organic cotton farmers in Madhya Pradesh by providing them with access to a sustainable and fair organic cotton market.

Core Responsibilities :

- Map the demand for organic cotton from retailers.

- Facilitate the establishment of a transparent supply chain for procurement of organic cotton from the region.

- Build a network of organic cotton supply chain actors (ginners, spinners, manufacturing units) procuring from Madhya Pradesh.

- Conducting negotiations with supply chain actors on behalf of the farmer producer organizations

- Match-making of 100% organic cotton from the geography of work of implementing partners to the organic cotton supply chain

- Adopting a farmer-first approach in price negotiations with supply chain actors.

- Facilitating market linkages of other crops grown by organic cotton farmers (eg pigeon pea, green gram, black gram) to relevant and remunerative value chains.

- Organise planning meetings, workshops, conferences, and project visits for internal or external groups, as required.

- Carry out any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Senior Programme Officer/ Chief Executive Officer.

Required qualities, competencies, and qualifications:

- Ambitious, energetic, and hard-working professional with a background in agriculture product marketing, and a minimum of five years of work experience in the cotton value chain in India. 

- Should have a deep understanding of textile supply chains including aspects such as assessing quality parameters of cotton.

- Knowledge of the various supply chain actors in organic cotton in India will be desirable.

- Must enjoy working in horizontal, cross-functional teams across institutions; needs to be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, as well as situational authority and leadership.

- Should be capable of meeting short deadlines and producing quality materials with a fast turn around.

- Solution-oriented, creative problem-solver, who can be versatile and is willing to work around obstacles. Must have strong negotiation and communication skills.

- An ability to work in teams is essential, as well as the ability to work independently and to multi task.

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