Job Description
This position works within the Agricultural team and is responsible for ensuring farmers produce quality maltable and seed barley
Leads a team of Field Supervisors
Job Responsibilities
Role will ensure security of supply by contracting growers to produce high quality barley, sorghum and certified seed as well as ensuring delivery to Maltings and Molo plants at the lowest cost possible
Offer extension services to improve on yield and quality
Manage loan portfolio for financed growers
Crop monitoring and forecasting
Stakeholders management
Recruit adequate farmers and suitable land to ensure delivery of agreed malting barley
Advise the farmers on the best production techniques to better yields and quality
Register all growers and prepare crop assessment reports, and reduce company exposure to bad debts by recovering all advanced amounts
Carry out assessments to determine potential yields, to assist management determine adequacy or deficits, and storage needs.
Recruit adequate harvesting contractors and transporters and supervise the entire harvesting and delivery process.
Qualifications
Bachelor Science degree in Agriculture or a related field
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in cereal production or managing Out growers schemes
Knowledge on 1S0 quality management systems
Knowledge on machinery involved in production operations like planting, spraying and harvesting.

Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV, with contact details of 3 referees including their email addresses (1 of which should be your immediate supervisor, 1 former supervisor and 1 any other but not a relative) should be submitted to: sheerlogictalentsourcing2@gmail.com on or before 20th October, 2017.Only shortlisted candidates will be contactedNB: Please clearly indicate in the subject line as “Area Agri-business Manager”

Apply via :

sheerlogictalentsourcing2@gmail.com