About the Role
1. Market Intelligence & Industry Monitoring
Gather, analyse, and interpret market intelligence related to fertiliser pricing, raw material
costs, competitor activity, regulatory changes, and agricultural trends.
Monitor domestic and international fertiliser market movements.
Identify risks and opportunities affecting supply, demand, and pricing.
Provide early warning reports for market disruptions or price volatility.
Develop actionable insights to support strategic decisions.
2. Demand Forecasting & Sales Planning
Build demand forecasts based on seasonality, crop cycles, historical sales, customer
trends, and market conditions.
Collaborate with sales and operations teams to align procurement and inventory with
forecasted demand.
Improve forecast accuracy to reduce overstocking and stockouts.
Create scenario-based forecasting models for market uncertainties.
Support budget planning with reliable demand projections
3. Pricing Strategy Management
Recommend pricing strategies balancing competitiveness and profitability.
Conduct elasticity and sensitivity analysis.
Review and adjust pricing based on cost changes and competitor positioning.
4. Margin Optimisation
Analyse gross margins by product, customer, and region.
Prevent negative-margin sales.
Recommend actions for low-margin or underperforming products.
5. Product Portfolio Analysis
Assess product performance across the portfolio.
Identify high-potential and declining products.
Support portfolio optimisation strategies.
Collaborate across Sales, Procurement, Finance, and Operations.
Serve as an independent evaluator of commercial assumptions.
Make sure decisions are based on data, not just intuition.
6. Supplier & Cost Analysis
Benchmark supplier costs and sourcing alternatives.
Support procurement negotiations using analytical data.
7. Reporting & Strategic Support
Deliver dashboards and reports covering pricing, profitability, demand trends, and
intelligence.
Present strategic recommendations to management.
Present monthly executive briefings on fertiliser market conditions.
Recommend strategic actions during price volatility.
Support the CEO in high-level supplier, pricing, and expansion decisions.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or
Business-related.
Experience: Minimum 3 years of Experience in analysing large datasets, building financial
models, and working with competitive pricing strategies.
Technical Skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel (modelling, formulas) is essential, with SQL,
Python, R, or visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI) strongly preferred.
Industry Knowledge: Understanding of cost accounting, revenue forecasting, and market
research techniques in the Palm Oil Industry, Fertiliser Companies is a plus.
Analytical Thinking: Ability to interpret complex data to make recommendations.
Communication: Clearly presenting findings to senior management.
Detail-Oriented: Ensuring accuracy in price modelling to avoid margin losses.
Adaptability: Proactively responding to changes in market dynamics.
About the Company
SawitPRO is the best innovator that improves the lives of everyone in the Palm Oil industry. SawitPRO develops an integrated end-to-end agri-platform, creating a win-win-win for people, planet and profit. Our missions are to improve the livelihood of Indonesia’s smallholders, to unlock value for the industry, and to strive in a demanding global market in traceability and sustainability of palm oil products.
We provide platforms that connect the supply chain stakeholders within the palm oil industry (i.e. Palm Oil Mills, Agents, Smallholders, and Agri Input vendors), create a digital ecosystem that removes friction points, and essentially boosts the productivity of the smallholders via access to affordable yet high quality agro-inputs, agronomic services, and high-quality planting materials.
We envision to be the game-changer that improves smallholders’ living standard, and helps our planet to meet the growing global demand for sustainable palm oil.