aQysta Nepal
Manufacturing / Engineering

aQysta Nepal Pvt Ltd develops and implements hydro-powered irrigation solutions to support smallholder farmers across Nepal. Through its GROWN Farm Incubator, aQysta combines water and agriculture in a holistic approach, helping farmers enhance productivity, resilience, and sustainability. The company provides irrigation pumps and a range of services including agri-inputs, irrigation water, and market linkages to optimize profitability. In doing so, farmers choose which services they need from aQysta, and share a percentage of the profit from harvest accordingly.

Additionally, aQysta acts as an intermediary between farmers and markets, ensuring agricultural products reach consumers efficiently and at competitive prices. Expanding its reach into the HORECA (Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering) sector, the company supplies high-quality, locally grown produce to support Nepal’s hospitality industry.

aQysta’s commitment to sustainability, innovation, and fair trade practices strengthens the agricultural supply chain and builds a more resilient ecosystem, benefiting both farmers and consumers.

For more details please visit our website: https://www.aqysta.com/

Operations Manager

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Basic Job Information

Job Category	:	General Mgmt. / Administration / Operations > Other
Job Level	:	Senior Level
No. of Vacancy/s	:	[ 1 ]
Employment Type	:	Full Time
Job Location	:	Sanepa. Lalitpur
Offered Salary	:	Negotiable
Apply Before(Deadline)	:	Jul. 05, 2023 23:55 (1 year, 10 months ago)

Job Specification

Education Level	:	Graduate (Masters)
Experience Required	:	More than or equal to 7 years
Professional Skill Required	:	Teamwork Supply-Chain Optimization Time Management Leadership People Management

Other Specification

MBA/Master in a field related to the position (operations management, value chain management, economics, business, agriculture) - e.g., Agri-Business Management, Business Administration
Minimum 7 to 10 years experience in managing a team
Candidates with experience in the food/processing sector, Food related e-commerce, hotels, chains restaurants or other B2B areas.
Education or experience in agribusiness is a strong plus
Intrinsically driven (motivated)
Organized and punctual
Proactive
Process & Goal oriented
No hesitance to be frank if needed
Natural leader, ability to lead aQysta’s sales and operations team in Nepal, and to inspire them to perform their tasks
Strong negotiation and time management skills
Passionate about the agriculture sector and smallholder farmers
Good English language skills written and verbally is a must
Willing to travel to rural areas occasionally
Holding a valid Driver License (2 Wheeler)
Team-player

Job Description

aQysta Nepal Pvt Ltd is a company that focuses on building a holistic approach for smallholder farmers that combines the two interlinked themes: that of water and agriculture. aQysta provides the pumps via a holistic model, called the GROWN Farm Incubator. In the Grown Farm Incubator, aQysta collaborates with smallholder farmers as a partner. aQysta provides everything the smallholder farmers need to become more profitable, resilient, and ecologically sustainable. This entails supporting activities from supplying water for irrigation, agri-inputs to linking harvests to the existing and untapped markets and all things in-between. In doing so, farmers choose which services they need from aQysta, and share a percentage of the profit from harvest accordingly.

The Operations Manager will be responsible for coordinating a large part of aQysta’s GROWN related activities in Nepal. He/She will be the focal point for the sales and operations team and planning and managing all operations related to linking Agri-Commodities/Products (Fruits, Vegetables and spices) to different market segments i.e. Conventional markets, Processing Companies/Factories, Non-Conventional markets like marts, online, and B2B Restaurants and Hotels. Main responsibilities include strategic business development, managing sales and logistics. The work will be 50-50 individual (planning and analysing and partner relations) and co-working with the team such as Instructing junior team members and co-developing improvements for further expansion with the management team.

Responsibilities

Managing team members of the sales and operations team, including attendance, productivity and results of the team
Strategic Business development to link agricultural produce to buyers (e.g. restaurants, hotels, wholesalers, processing industry)
Improve operational procedures in sales and delivery
Managing of revenues, gross margins and operational costs across supply chain (collaborate with Agronomists and financial officers)
Assure the recording of above activities in aQysta’s CRM system and enforce use among the team.
Manage ongoing value chain partnerships with development organizations in Nepal and implement market linkage activities as per plan
Collaborate in strategy development for further business expansion.
Provide support in the development and operations of export value chains