Job Description

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Agricultural Diploma/Degree advantageous
• Business or Operations Management qualification and or experience essential
• Previous crop farm management (all aspects) experience essential
• Proven experience working with large combine harvesters and planting equipment essential
• Strong admin and record keeping skills
• Solid financial and operational management experience
• Staff / Human Resources Management experience
• Production and Processing knowledge - raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques

ABILITIES REQUIRED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Excellent practical skills
• Able to operate under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Strategic Thinking
• Analytical Thinking

ABILITIES & SKILLS REQUIRED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Management of:

• Personnel Resources
• Financial Resources
• Material Resources
• Communication Skills

• Speaking
• Negotiation
• Writing
• Critical Thinking

• Strategic
• Analytical
• Complex Problem solving
• Judgement and Decision Making

• Deductive reasoning
• Inductive reasoning
• Quality Control Analysis
• Systems Evaluation
• Systems Analysis

DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Directs and coordinates worker activities, such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, grading, payroll, and recordkeeping.
• Contracts with farmers or independent owners for raising of crops or for management of crop production.
• Coordinates growing activities with those of engineering, equipment maintenance, packing houses, and other related departments.
• Analyzes market conditions to determine bed allocations.
• Confers with purchasers and arranges for sale of crops.
• Records information, such as production, farm management practices, and parent stock, and prepares financial and operational reports.
• Determines procedural changes in drying, grading, storage, and shipment for greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Analyzes soil to determine type and quantity of fertilizer required for maximum production.
• Inspects equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Inspects orchards and fields to determine maturity dates of crops or to estimate potential crop damage from weather.
• Plans and directs development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics.
• Purchases machinery, equipment, and supplies, such as tractors, seed, fertilizer, and chemicals.
• Evaluates financial statements and makes budget proposals.

ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted

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