About us:
NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited NRF is a leading southeast Asian food manufacturer and distributor based in Thailand, producing its own signature brands, private label products, and co-packaging lines. In addition, the Company has diversified into plant-based business in Thailand, Europe and the USA.
NRF is pursuing an aggressive decarbonization agenda. The company is becoming a world leader in sustainable foods based on regenerative agriculture. NRF established 350 Limited to develop carbon-negative bio-based resources to help industry achieve NetZero goals and pursue Net Negative to reverse global warming.
350 is expanding and seeks a Sustainable Agriculture Manager. The role is dynamic and hands-on, an opportunity to enter an emerging industry which will create a better future for all. It is a role for someone willing to drive change, embracing obstacles as opportunities to learn, overcome and progress the business to meet the needs of clients and society.
Responsibilities:
- Research, learn, understand and apply biochar production and application knowledge as the basis of developing a new business (training and knowledge resources will be provided).
- Propose, design, execute and manage business plans in collaboration with 350 and NRF colleagues.
- Systematically collect, synthesize and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to develop research and commercial insights and recommendations, including basic financial modelling and budgeting.
- Supervise and audit biochar production and feedstock transportation.
- Contact and collaborate with officer and chief of each farmer community attended in the project
- Research and implement dMRV application for supervising the project in each step from feedstock to C sink
- Undertake tasks required for issuing carbon credits and carbon management.
- Design, implement and manage basic agricultural-research projects.
Qualifications:
- BA/BSc from a reputable university in fields such as agronomy, carbon management, climate change, ecological economics, environmental engineering, sustainable finance or sustainability, MA/MSc preferred.
- At least 1 year of experience will be given special consideration. (In agricultural).
- Curious, honest, trustworthy, self-starter, proactive, highly-motivated and comfortable with ambiguity and working independently and closely with 350 and NRF colleagues.
- Ability to design coherent, logical and systematic methods and models to solve problems.
- Basic understanding of carbon markets, carbon credits, regenerative agriculture, permaculture, agroecology or soil carbon and microbiome will be useful.
- Comfortable speaking and writing Thai for diverse stakeholders, fluent in written and spoken English is a plus but not essential (must be able to read technical documents in English).
- Attention to detail, consistency and intermediate spreadsheet skills.
- Willingness to learn and develop expertise in technical matters and skills, including occasional online courses.
- Willingness to travel upcountry working with diverse rural stakeholders.
