Duties of Red and White Village Cooperative Manager: From Managing Stores to Supervising Staff

The government is opening a massive recruitment for Managers of Village and Sub-district Cooperatives (Kopdes) Merah Putih. Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan stated that the government is providing 30,000 positions for Kopdes Merah Putih Managers. They will serve under the state-owned enterprise PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara. As of Monday (20/4/2026), applications for Kopdes Merah Putih Managers as well as managers and operators of Red and White Fishermen Villages have been flooded with 383,830 applicants. “This is why there are so many registrations that sometimes the website crashes. So the total number who have registered is 383,830,” said Zulhas at the Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs office in Jakarta on Monday. Kopdes Merah Putih Managers will hold the status of state-owned enterprise employees. What are their duties? In the document shared by Joao, here are the duties of Kopdes Merah Putih Managers. 1. Managing daily operations. Kopdes Merah Putih Managers must ensure that the outlets open and close on time and that all cooperative facilities function properly. 2. Human Resources Management. Kopdes Merah Putih Managers must arrange staff work schedules. They must also train staff, evaluate performance, and motivate the team in their cooperative to achieve sales targets. 3. Stock Supervision (Inventory). Kopdes Merah Putih Managers must monitor goods supply (restocking) as well as oversee the receipt of goods and stocktaking.