Director – Banana Sourcing & Procurement

Fresh Platter | Greater Bengaluru Area | Extensive Travel

Fresh Platter is looking for a highly driven, hands-on and commercially sharp banana sourcing leader to take end-to-end responsibility for our banana procurement operations.

This is not a general procurement role. We are looking for someone with deep, practical experience in the banana industry who already understands the crop, sourcing regions, farmers, markets, quality parameters, seasonality and on-ground realities.

We will initially focus heavily on Yelakki/Elaichi, while the role will ultimately cover Yelakki, Robusta/Cavendish, Red Banana and Nendran.
What You Will Own
Take complete responsibility for banana sourcing and procurement across regions.
Ensure the required quantity, quality and maturity are available at the right price and at the right time.
Build a sourcing network capable of reliably meeting our existing customer commitments as well as new requirements as the business grows.
Personally identify and develop new farms, farmers, aggregators, traders,



harvesting teams and sourcing locations.
Continuously identify alternate and lesser-known banana-growing pockets that can offer advantages in pricing, quality, seasonality or availability.
Maintain a strong understanding of crop availability, harvest schedules, seasonal movements, market arrivals and price trends across sourcing regions.
Travel extensively to farms and banana-growing regions and remain closely involved with sourcing operations on the ground.
Manage the existing sourcing team on a day-to-day basis, setting clear responsibilities, targets and accountability.
Identify gaps in the team and recruit/add resources at critical positions as the sourcing network expands.
Effectively manage both white-collar employees and field/blue-collar workforce, including harvesting and handling teams.
Establish solid quality controls beginning at the farm and ensure that only material meeting Fresh Platter

📌 Director – Banana Sourcing (Bengaluru)
🏢 Fresh Platter
📍 Bengaluru