Field Sales - Procurement

Stakeholder Management:

• Identifying, networking, mobilising and engaging key stakeholders across the informal sector in the plastic recycling industry to formal supply chain. Our key stakeholders are Home Based Workers (HBW), Waste Pickers (WP), Itinerant Buyers (IB), Van Units (VU), Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC), Waste Pickers Community Leaders, Scrap Shops (SS), Wholesaler etc.
• Enrolling and managing stakeholders on the PFC platform.
• Building trust with stakeholders to maintain strong working relationships.
• Increasing plastic sourcing and supply from stakeholders by ensuring ethical sourcing and fair price.
• Facilitating management and client visits with stakeholders.

Capacity Building:

• Conducting one-to-one capacity building to strengthen stakeholders working capacity w.r.t PFC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Conducting one-to-one CRM (mobile technology) training for stakeholders.
• Creating awareness and sensitising stakeholders on various social/Govt. schemes and services, statutory compliances and policies with the help of NGO/Franchise partners.
• Facilitating stakeholder formalisation in the sector by enabling opening bank accounts, PAN, ensuring statutory compliances, policies etc.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Maintaining various due-diligence and other required documentation at stakeholder level, managing, monitoring and reviewing it periodically.
• Ensuring timely, concise and accurate reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis on prescribed formats.
• Ensuring timely, concise and accurate CRM updates and also ensuring stakeholders are updating it regularly.
• Maintain case work and community work documents of stakeholders.
• Help managers and teams to capture information from the field as and when required.

General responsibilities:

• Ensure professionalism always and demonstrate exemplary prioritisation of workload skills.
• Ensure that the PFC policies, SOPs and protocols are being adhered to at all levels of the company.
• Ensure strict adherence to data confidentiality and security.
• Willingness to travel frequently cross Bengaluru city, sometimes at short notice, including other places as per need of project or company.
• Work closely with PFC team and Partners.

Requirements

• Graduate with 3 to 5 years of field work experience in the informal sector.

• Good understanding of social and environmental concepts and methods.

• Experience of being part of any program/project management or field work would be an added advantage.

• Experience of working in the fields of Urban or Rural Development, Environment, Community Relations / Interventions / Engagement, Plastics Recycling, Waste Management will be helpful.

• Fluency in local language and moderate English working knowledge.

• Sound understanding of informal sector and vulnerable communities

Benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ well-being and growth, including an attractive salary, Provident Fund (PF) for financial security, performance-based incentives, comprehensive health and accidental insurance coverage, and strong career growth opportunities. Employees benefit from continuous learning and development through training programs, a healthy work-life balance with flexible policies, and generous paid time off including leave and holidays. Additionally, we provide employee engagement activities, recognition programs to reward achievements, and access to wellness and support initiatives, ensuring a positive and rewarding work environment.