Supply Chain & Harvest Logistics Manager
16 hours ago
Paris
Regenrate builds supply chains for regenerative cover crops used in Sustainable Aviation Fuel and animal feed markets. We work directly with farmers to grow camelina as an intermediate crop between two main crops. The crop creates extra revenue for farmers, improves soil cover, and supplies certified low-carbon feedstock to the biofuel industry. We are now scaling in France and Spain. That means moving from pilot operations to a real harvest supply chain involving hundreds of farmers, many pickup locations, storage sites, drying and cleaning partners, transporters, certification requirements, and tight weather windows. The Role We are hiring a Supply Chain & Harvest Logistics Manager to coordinate the movement of camelina from farms to storage, drying, cleaning, and crushing partners. This is not a desk-only planning role. It is an operational role for someone who enjoys solving problems, calling people, keeping track of moving parts, and making sure crops get picked up at the right time. During harvest, the work will be intense. Farmers may call with short notice. Weather can change quickly. Trucks may be unavailable. Storage sites may be full. The role requires calm execution, clear communication, and practical decisions under pressure. You will work closely with the agronomy, farmer success, certification, and commercial teams. What You Will DoHarvest Coordination • Organize pickup of harvested camelina from farmers across France, • Coordinate transport from farms to drying, cleaning, storage, and crushing locations, • Build and maintain the harvest logistics planning board, • Track which farmers are ready to harvest, which lots are picked up, where the material is stored, and what still needs action, • React quickly when harvest dates change because of weather, crop maturity, or farmer availability, • Keep farmers informed about pickup timing and next stepsTransport and Partner Management, • Identify, contact, and coordinate local transporters, • Build a network of reliable transport providers in key growing regions, • Check transport requirements, availability, pricing, and documentation, • Coordinate with drying, cleaning, and storage partners, • Make sure receiving sites know what is arriving, when, from whom, and in what condition, • Help solve operational issues with trucks, weights, delivery slots, documents, and delaysStock, Documentation and Traceability, • Make sure each lot is tracked from farmer to storage or processing site, • Collect and organize weighbridge tickets, delivery notes, transport documents, intake records, and stock movements, • Work with the certification team so logistics records support 2BSvs / ISCC-style traceability and mass-balance requirements, • Keep internal systems updated so the team knows where each lot is and who owns it, • Flag missing data earlyProcess Building, • Turn the first harvest operations into repeatable processes, • Create simple checklists, templates, and workflows for pickup, intake, transport, and storage, • Improve the operating model after each harvest wave, • Help define the tools, dashboards, and routines needed to scale from hundreds to thousands of farmers What We Are Looking For We are looking for someone practical, organized, and hands-on. You do not need to have been a Supply Chain Director. This role is better suited to someone who has been close to the ground: transport planning, agricultural logistics, grain collection, cooperative operations, storage site coordination, dispatch, production planning, or field operations. You should be comfortable with phone calls, spreadsheets, WhatsApp groups, operational pressure, and imperfect information. Required Experience • 3-8 years of experience in logistics, transport, agricultural supply chains, grain trading, cooperatives, storage operations, dispatch, production planning, or similar, • Experience coordinating multiple external partners, • Strong planning and follow-up skills, • Ability to manage many moving parts at once, • Comfortable using spreadsheets and operational software, • Fluent French, • Good English Strong Pluses • Experience with agricultural harvest logistics, • Experience with cereals, oilseeds, grain elevators, cooperatives, drying, cleaning, or storage, • Existing network of transporters, cooperatives, storage sites, or agricultural operators in France, • Experience with weighbridge tickets, delivery notes, stock tracking, or chain-of-custody documentation, • Understanding of farmer communication, • Experience in a startup, scale-up, or fast-changing environment, • Spanish is a plus The Kind Of Person Who Will Succeed • Picks up the phone instead of waiting for perfect information, • Can stay calm when five things go wrong at the same time, • Likes making order out of chaos, • Is direct and clear with farmers and partners, • Is not afraid of spreadsheets, calls, field visits, or early mornings, • Can work independently but keeps the team informed, • Understands that logistics is both planning and improvisation, • Takes responsibility when something needs to move The Kind Of Person Who Will Not Enjoy This Role This role is probably not a fit if you want: • A purely strategic supply chain role, • A large team already in place, • Fully standardized processes from day one, • A stable 9-to-5 office job during harvest, • To manage only from dashboards without calling farmers, truckers, or storage partners First 3 Months In your first 3 months, you will: • Map our farmers, harvest regions, storage sites, dryers, cleaners, crushers, and transport options, • Build the harvest logistics plan for France, • Create a simple operating system for pickup coordination, • Contact and qualify transport partners, • Define the documentation flow for each pickup and delivery, • Run the harvest control process with the team, • Identify bottlenecks and propose improvements for the next season Location and Contract Location: France-based preferred. Regular travel to farming regions, storage sites, and partners will be required. Employment type: Full-time or fixed-term contract possible, depending on profile and availability. Why Join Regenrate This is a chance to build a new agricultural supply chain from the ground up. You will not just optimize an existing system. You will help create the operating model that allows hundreds of farmers to grow regenerative intermediate crops and connect them to the biofuel and feed markets. Your work will directly affect whether farmers are paid, whether crops are collected, whether certification works, and whether Regenrate can scale.