Operations Executive

Job Title

Operations Executive – Banana Warehouse & Ripening Facility

Reporting To

Operations Manager

Job Purpose

To manage end-to-end warehouse floor operations for bananas harvested directly from farms, including arrival from farms, unloading, cold storage, ripening, and dispatch to modern trade and general trade, while ensuring quality control, traceability, and accurate records.

• Key Responsibilities

1) Farm-Level Inbound Operations Coordinate daily arrival of freshly harvested bananas from farms.

• Verify harvest date, farm source, variety (G9, Yelakki, Red Banana, Nendran, etc.), and quantity.
• Supervise careful unloading to avoid mechanical damage to fresh produce.
• Ensure proper batch-wise identification and traceability from farm to dispatch.
• Identify and record field-level defects, transit damage, and rejections.
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2. Quality Assessment at Arrival Conduct initial quality inspection of farm-fresh bananas (maturity, finger size, blemishes).

• Segregate export-grade, domestic-grade, and rejected stock as per standards.
• Record farm-wise and batch-wise rejections and communicate feedback to procurement/farm team.

3. Cold Storage & Stock Management Plan immediate movement from unloading bay to cold storage to maintain freshness.

• Ensure correct temperature, humidity, and stacking practices for each banana variety.
• Follow FIFO/FEFO based on harvest date.
• Monitor stock levels and ageing daily.

4. Ripening Operations: Plan ripening chamber loading strictly based on harvest date and dispatch schedule.

• Supervise ripening chamber operations:
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• Loading & unloading
• Ripening cycle control
• Uniform ripening across batches
• Maintain chamber-wise, batch-wise ripening records.

5. Dispatch Operations Coordinate dispatches to:

• Modern Trade
• General Trade
• Institutional buyers
• Ensure dispatch of bananas at required ripeness stage and quality.
• Supervise loading to prevent handling damage.
• Ensure farm traceability details are linked to dispatch documents.

6. Documentation & Record Keeping Maintain daily records of:

• Farm-wise arrivals
• Batch-wise stock movement
• Cold storage and ripening logs
• Dispatches and rejections
• Update ERP / Excel / manual registers accurately.
• Support reconciliation with sales and accounts teams.

7. Hygiene, Safety & ComplianceEnsure compliance with FSSAI and food safety norms.

• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene across:
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• Unloading area
• Cold storage
• Ripening chambers
• Enforce safety practices on the warehouse floor.

8. Manpower & Floor ControlManage loaders, helpers, and contract labor.

• Allocate manpower for unloading, stacking, chamber loading, and dispatch.
• Maintain discipline and productivity on the floor.
• 9. Coordination & ReportingCoordinate closely with:
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• Farm procurement & harvest teams
• Sales & planning teams
• Transporters and drivers
• Provide daily operational and stock reports to management.
• Key Skills & Requirements Hands-on experience with farm-fresh fruit handling (preferably bananas).
• Understanding of harvest maturity, post-harvest handling, and ripening basics.
• Ability to manage traceability from farm → warehouse → customer.
• Basic computer and record-keeping skills.