Position Title:  Leaf Buyer

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning.

Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. You’ll be solving supply chain problems that span the whole world: a smoke-free world.

Your ‘day to day’

• Implement process of buying green leaf from farmers
• Execute the buying & pricing strategies agreed upon by management and plan readiness of buying stations in all aspects before  commencement of buying season
• Achieve targets/KPIs impacting all aspects of the operations (Quality, costs, and safety, etc). Collaborate with SA team in off buying season to achieve KPIs allocated to buying and grading team.
• Implement standards related to the operation (process flow, bales inspections, buying line efficiency) 
• Adhere to best Practices Guidelines for Vertical Integrated Operations 
• Provide support and train Junior/new Leaf Buying colleagues on all Buying/Grading related subjects and support crop team in off buying season in crop related matters
• Conduct regular inspections of buying locations prioritize repairs, and ensure compliance with operational and safety standards.

Who we’re looking for

• College/University degree
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Agriculture related jobs
• Skilled in communication and data analytics.

What we offer

Our success depends on our talented employees who come to work here every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future.