Butajira, SNNPR
Green Way Farms PLC
Green Way Farms PLC, the Ethiopian production company for GreenPath Food (www.greenpathfood.com) is currently seeking a professional, high-performance individual to serve as Head of Operations - Ethiopia. This individual will have the unique opportunity to help shape the future of a young, environmentally and socially-conscious agribusiness in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most promising economies. Ideal candidates have experience working in Ethiopia and the ability to successfully lead the company’s operations in Ethiopia as the company scales over the next 5 years, selling more than 15 times the current production annually with several hundred Partner Farmers.Background GreenPath Food is a specialty food company that produces and sources premium food products through a large network of smallholder Partner Farms. The company exports its premium, organic products to specialty retailers and wholesalers in the Europe and the Middle East. GreenPath currently operates one flagship Production Area with a team of 30+ staff and 120+ Partner Farmers in two hours southwest of Addis Ababa in the Southern Ethiopian Highlands. As a young, growing company, GreenPath is currently expanding to multiple new Production Areas, and also expects to grow into additional countries over the next 3-5 years, with an ultimate vision of becoming East Africa’s largest smallholder-grown food company. The senior staff at the organization are a group of highly talented professionals with experience in Ethiopian export, horticulture, and agricultural development sectors, as well as direct experience in the Ethiopian startup context. Each member of the team has a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers and increasing access to organically and sustainably grown, high-nutrition foods, and is committed to seeing GreenPath realize its core objectives. The company is also currently raising a significant round of investment which will provide the Head of Operations - Ethiopia with the resources that she/he will need to exponentially grow operations in Ethiopia over the next several years.