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  • Head of Section – Roses Production Production Manager – Roses

    Head of Section – Roses Production Production Manager – Roses

    As a Head of section, you are responsible for proper crop management and crop husbandry, pest and disease control, Harvesting and effective labor management in order to ensure maximum production of quality roses that meet premium requirements. Greatness, Responsibility, Openness and Warmth are the values you live and work by.

    Your tasks and responsibilities

    Ensure that harvesting is done procedurally and as per cut stage requirements. Ensure staff are well trained and understand cut stage requirements.
    Ensure proper handling and management of the harvested stems to avoid wilting and quality compromise.
    Ensure prediction of rose varieties is done accurately on daily and weekly basis. Deviation should be at least +/-5%.
    Ensure that staff are well trained on all greenhouse cultural activities and ensure that proper follow-up is done to realize/monitor training ROI.
    Ensure that showering/humidification of greenhouses is done accordingly without fail to maintain quality of crop.
    Ensure that Crops grown in the greenhouse are well supported and well balanced in terms of foliage by ensuring that staggering rules are well followed.
    Health Safety and environment management; making sure that your allocated
    Section/greenhouse is compliant with all health, safety and environmental regulations.
    Labour & budget Management; responsible for using the resources (human/financial) in a most efficient as well as effective way

    Your profile

    Degree/Diploma in Horticulture, Floriculture or Agriculture
    3 years’ experience in Horticulture or production industry
    1 year experience in a similar or related position
    Relevant experience in Roses Production
    Team player who creates top-down working relationship with general workers and management.
    Good communication skills
    Possess good analytical skills Good Command of the English language, both verbal and written.
    Proficient Computer skills in MS Office applications, particularly with Excel

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    www.aaagrowers.co.ke

  • Graduate Trainee

    Graduate Trainee

    Program objective
    The objective of this program is to equip young minds and fresh graduates with the skills to kick start their career in the above fields. Throughout the program you will receive extensive and exceptional learning and development opportunities. You will have a mentor throughout the program to guide, support and monitor your development.
    Your profile

    Diploma/degree in Horticulture, Food science or any other related field.
    Highly ambitious with a passion and in-depth understanding of growing, with an infectious enthusiasm for learning.
    Authentic and knowledgeable about farming and horticulture practice
    Able to thrive on being able to deliver against demanding deadlines.
    Good command of the English language, both verbal and written.
    High moral standing with impeccable integrity.
    Strong research, decision making, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
    Awareness of industry trends, threats, technology, and developments.

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    www.aaagrowers.co.ke

  • Crop Protection Manager – Chui Farm

    Crop Protection Manager – Chui Farm

    Job objective
    AAA Roses is the flower division within AAA Growers. At AAA Roses, we produce high quality rose stems for export. We supply a wide assortment of Roses all over the world everyday fresh. Quality is our key deliverable, and a happy customer is our main goal at AAA Roses.
    As a Crop Protection Manager, you are responsible for the overall crop protection activities in the farm. This means ensuring all crop protection activities are executed seamlessly. We also expect you to deal with hiccups that may threaten your execution in liaison with the management. Greatness, Responsibility, Openness and Warmth are the values you live and work by.
    Your tasks and responsibilities

     Preparing Chemical orders in accordance with the approved chemical budget.
     Ensure and oversee periodic inspection of spray equipment to ensure proper functioning.
     Oversee daily crop protection activities across the farm.
     Performs proactive crop protection analysis and evaluation on a regular basis. Evaluate current growing practices and make recommendations based on the results of the evaluation for maximum production
     Ensure hiccups are dealt with pro-actively. In case there are issues affecting your crop protection activities you are supposed to find out the root cause of the issue and pro-actively deal with it.
     Maintain budgets and optimize expenses, make sure we stay within the budgets that have been agreed on.
     Set policies and processes, ensure all processes are captured in policies and processes for all employees to access. Ensure crop protection procedures and policies are updated according to new developments.
     Provide appropriate training and education on the safe use and operation of equipment and spraying techniques.
     Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally. Employees are, our biggest asset, you with your team are responsible that staff is engaged, and satisfaction is maintained. AAA Growers Limited

    Your profile

     Graduate in Horticulture, Floriculture or Agriculture
     5 -7years’ experience in a Flower Industry preferably Roses Production.
     3 years’ experience in a similar or related position
     Excellent leadership skills and management skills
     Analytical mindset, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and team player facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
     Good command of the English language, both verbal and written.
     Proficient computer skills in MS Office applications, particularly with Excel

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    www.aaagrowers.co.ke

  • Compliance Officer – VEG Plant Operator Intake Manager

    Compliance Officer – VEG Plant Operator Intake Manager

    Job objective
    As the Compliance Officer, you will ensure that all the farm technical documents such as harvesting records, spray records, fertigation/irrigation records, pests and diseases records, scouting records, weather records, post-harvest records, chemical handlers medical and cholinesterase tests records are up to date, well-kept and are always accessible
    Your tasks and responsibilities

     To ensure that the management is well informed of all technical aspects of the farm.
     To ensure that plant Protection Products are used at the recommended rates to ensure proper pests and diseases control and to avoid development of resistance by pests and diseases.
     To ensure that chemicals with different modes of action are used and alternated accordingly against pests and diseases as a crop protection management strategy.
     To ensure that all employees are trained in all technical aspects such as the use of cleaning detergents and cleaning of harvesting equipment.
     To ensure that the farm meets and passes all audit standards such as ETI, Global Gap, M&S F2F, WFA, KEPHIS/HCD farm audits and any other audit which may be requested by the customers.
     To ensure that all monitoring systems for notifiable pests such as Leaf miner, False codling Moth (FCM), Helicoverpa armigera, Fall Army worm (FAW), etc. are always in place and properly located,
     To ensure collection of data on the traps of the notifiable pests, analysis and advising the management of the situation. This requires raising of alarms to forestall a situation where product may be rejected/destroyed by the relevant Government agencies, such as KEPHIS and by equivalent bodies of the importing countries.
     To ensure that the farm uses only approved Plant Protection Products (PPPs) by PCBP and products which meet the customer requirements.
     To ensure that the farm is kept clean in terms of hygiene requirements and standards by strictly following the guidelines of the hygiene manual.
     To ensure that you participate and walk through the farm during the weekly hygiene audits and achieve the required scores.
     To ensure regular measurements of the PH of the spray solution to ensure that it is within PH 5.5 – 6.0
     To attend HACCP meetings and ensure all areas of improvement highlighted in the report concerning veg field are addressed in a timely manner.

    Your profile

     Certificate/ Diploma or Bachelor of Science in Agriculture/ Horticlture. 
    3 and above years of work experience in a similar role.
     Ability to work under minimal supervision.
     Team player who creates top-down working relationship with general workers and management
     Good command of the English language, both verbal and written.
     High moral standing with impeccable integrity.
     Proficient Computer skills in MS Office applications, particularly with Excel.
     Report writing skills.
     Analytical mindset, excellent interpersonal and communication skills

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  • Executive Personal Assistant

    Executive Personal Assistant

    Job objective
    As an Executive Personal Assistant, you will provide full administrative and secretarial support to the Director and ensure smooth management of the Director’s Day to day affairs. You are also expected to handle sensitive and complex issues in a professional and objective manner.
    This role requires a high level of attention and focus, constantly ensuring that the needs and requirements of the Director are pre-empted and always managed effectively.
    Your tasks and responsibilities

    Managing professional and personal scheduling for the Finance Director including agendas, calls, travel arrangements, client management, visitors and meetings.
    Preliminary drafting of correspondences on the Director’s behalf, manage incoming calls and prioritize phone messages and emails.
    Liaise between the upper management and employees, managing the communication with internal and external executives on various tasks.
    Manage and maintain the Director’s diary, arrange routine, coordinate every aspect of the busy calendar which is subject to regular changes.
    Conduct regular meetings with the Finance Director to discuss upcoming engagements, invitations and other requests.
    Provide support to all Senior Executives during their visit to Kenya. This includes ticketing and accommodation arrangements for Directors, Farm Managers and visiting staff from any other allied entities.
    Manage the Director’s filing system to ensure that all documents are properly filed and easily accessible while ensuring proper records are maintained.
    Maintain records of Director’s contacts.

    Your profile

    Diploma/degree in Business Administration, Public Relations or equivalent.
    2-3 years’ experience of direct hands-on experience as an Executive Assistant.
    Exposure to working in a diverse cultural environment.
    Have a high sense of accuracy, attention to detail and with strong analytical ability.
    Exceptional relationship skills and being highly organized are a must.
    Significant experience of managing office procedures and working with sensitive corporate information.
    Able to handle confidential information with discretion and demonstrate the highest level of professionalism.
    Good command of the English language, both verbal and written.
    High moral standing with impeccable integrity.
    Proficient Computer skills in MS Office applications, particularly with Excel.
    Report writing skills.

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    www.aaagrowers.co.ke

  • Head of Section – Herbs and Salads

    Head of Section – Herbs and Salads

    Job objective
    AAA Growers – Veg is a division within AAA Group that deals with vegetables, chillies and herbs. At AAA Growers – Veg, we produce a variety of premium & prepared vegetables, herbs, chillies and fruits. Demand by some of our clients led to addition of herbs into the product range that AAA exports. The growing started mid 2010 in chestnut Farm on a small scale and currently the herbs are spread across our three farms. Our herbs are grown both in-house and open field to ensure continued supply across the year and consistent quality.
    As Head of Section-Herbs and Salads you will be responsible for ensuring that right block selection is done, land preparation is achieved to highest level, planting is supervised, crop establishment is monitored, husbandry operations handled well, and that harvesting is done to specifications.
    You will also be expected to ensure that Labor is 100% utilized effectively and the company’s goal of that day is achieved. We also expect you to deal with hiccups that may threaten your execution within the farm. Greatness, Responsibility, Openness and Warmth are the values you live and work by.
    Your tasks and responsibilities

     Ensuring weekly planting programs are done on well-chosen and prepared fields.
     Ensure Weekly seeds / seedling establishment counts are recorded, are assessed for anomalies, and field populations adhered to finally.
     Ensuring netting requirements for the lettuce are done.
     Weekly land amendment programs, distribution of composts and manures, generation of IPM inputs and their utility.
     Management of farm resources under you, including the team under your supervision by ensuring they work effectively and efficiently.
     Staff discipline, training and ensuring trainings logs are filled and welfare in accordance with Company policies
     Ensuring sufficient inputs for the incoming (following weeks) production process
     To ensure that various team leaders, scouts and supervisors keep accurate records of all operations carried out in the fields under you.
     Ensure that the above records are utilized according to the benefit of all stakeholders in the production system. Ensuring block handover to land prep team is timely.

    Your profile

     Diploma/ Degree in Horticulture or any Agricultural related field.
     3-5 years’ experience in a farm of the same capacity.
     Excellent Leadership skills and management skills
     Analytical mindset, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and team player facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
     Good command of the English language, both verbal and written.
     Proficient Computer skills in MS Office applications, particularly with Excel.
     Report writing skills.

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    www.aaagrowers.co.ke

  • Head of Scouts – Roses Head Office QA Manager – Roses Packhouse Head of Crop Protection – VEG

    Head of Scouts – Roses Head Office QA Manager – Roses Packhouse Head of Crop Protection – VEG

    As a Head of scouts, you are responsible for overseeing daily scouting activities, preparing reports, keeping crop protection records for future references, weekly monitoring of the scouts’ performance and performance appraisal, optimal allocation of Labour and other resources, ensure compliance with policies, procedures and instructions by juniors, handle disciplinary/grievance cases referred to you by your juniors in liaison with the HR department. Greatness, Responsibility, Openness and Warmth are the values you live and work by.

    Your tasks and responsibilities

    To oversee the scouting daily activities.
    To ensure that scouters reporting time is strictly maintained.
    Control overtime.
    Preparing daily reports.
    Keeping crop protection records for future references.
    To ensure scouters understand their job duties and expectations as laid out in the job descriptions.
    Communicate and set targets for all scouters.
    Weekly monitoring of the operations team performance and taking appropriate action
    To carry out performance appraisals for scouters
    Follow up on gaps identified during appraisal process and ensure that action points are attended to.
    To optimally allocate labour and other resources, promote team work spirit to achieve the highest possible efficiency.
    Ensure juniors are compliant to Policies/Procedures and work instructions.
    To handle disciplinary/grievance cases referred to you arising from juniors, liaise with Human
    Resources Department and where possible to resolve them amicably while keeping the Human
    Resources Department informed
    Responsible for dealing with issues escalated to him/her.
    Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the immediate manager or senior management.

    Your profile

    Degree/Diploma in Horticulture or Agriculture
    Experience in roses’ crop protection
    Excellent leadership skills and management
    Ability to work under minimal supervision.
    Good communication skills
    Team player who creates top-down working relationship with general workers and management

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  • Production Manager – Roses Head of Section – Crop protection- Chui Farm Head of Section – Crop protection – Simba Roses QA Manager – Simba Roses Farm Packhouse Manager – Roses Head of Section – Roses Production Farm Manager – Roses

    Production Manager – Roses Head of Section – Crop protection- Chui Farm Head of Section – Crop protection – Simba Roses QA Manager – Simba Roses Farm Packhouse Manager – Roses Head of Section – Roses Production Farm Manager – Roses

    As a Production Manager Roses, you are responsible for the running of one production unit (15 ha) within our new to build production location at Naro Moru. This means ensuring we get good quality flowers in adequate numbers from this area. We also expect you to strategically deal with hiccups that may threaten your production together with other managers within the farm. Greatness,
    Responsibility, Openness and Warmth are the values you live and work by

    Your tasks and responsibilities

    Oversee daily operations for responsible production unit; accountable for ensuring we make the daily production and quality targets as agreed within the AAA Roses Division.
    Ensure hiccups are dealt with pro-actively. In case there are issues affecting your production targets you are supposed to find out the root cause of the issue and pro-actively deal with it.
    Maintain budgets and optimize expenses, make sure we stay within the budgets that have been agreed with the Production Unit.
    Set policies and processes, ensure all processes are captured in policies and processes for all employees to access. Ensure we adjust procedures and policies are updated according to new developments.
    Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally. Employees are our biggest asset. Together with your team you are responsible to ensure that staff engagement and satisfaction is maintained.

    Your profile

    Graduate in Horticulture, Floriculture or Agriculture
    5-8 years’ experience in a farm of the same capacity; dealing with Roses Production
    Excellent Leadership skills and management skills
    Analytical mindset, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and team player
    facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
    Good Command of the English language, both verbal and written.
    Proficient Computer skills in MS Office applications, particularly with Excel.

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  • Senior Motor Vehicle Mechanic Farm Manager – ELITE Plants Farm Manager – Roses Head of Compliance

    Senior Motor Vehicle Mechanic Farm Manager – ELITE Plants Farm Manager – Roses Head of Compliance

    Key Responsibilities

    Inspection of vehicles and implements, recording the fault noted and performing the required remedy.
    Thoroughly perform scheduled services to vehicles and implements.
    Facilitating booking of the vehicles and implements for repair, maintenance or general service in the Workshop.
    To always make sure that all faults that the vehicles or Implements are booked for are thoroughly and adequately attended to the best of your ability before signing them off from the Workshop.
    To always exercise safe working practices and observe safety precautions at workstationor workplace.
    To prepare scheduled of required spare parts and forwarding to the Manager for procurement/sourcing.
    Safe use of Company issued tools and maintaining safe custody.
    Must be able to troubleshoot and fix vehicles problems.
    To always ensure Tidiness at the workplace.
    Promoting teamwork amongst your work mates.
    Providing timely and relevant feedback.
    Carry out pre-fitness checks on vehicles
    Test drive vehicles and make any necessary adjustments.
    Perform any other duties as directed by the Manager.

    Desired Competencies and Qualifications

    O-Level or its equivalent and above
    Government Grade Test 1, Diploma and above in Automotive Engineering.
    Over 6 years Hands-on experience on buses, trucks especially FH 215, tractors and implements.
    Must have a Valid Driving License Class B.C.E.
    Valid Police clearance certificate and willing to stay at the workstation as provided.
    Computer Literate will be an added Advantage.
    Should possess good verbal and written communication skills.
    Should have High degree of attention to details and accuracy

    Deadline for Applications – Monday, 31st July, 2023

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    Please visit our website to apply for this job. If you have questions about the job, you can contact the recruitment team via recruitment@aaagrowers.co.ke 

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  • Senior Motor Vehicle Mechanic Farm Manager – ELITE Plants Farm Manager – Roses Head of Compliance

    Senior Motor Vehicle Mechanic Farm Manager – ELITE Plants Farm Manager – Roses Head of Compliance

    Key Responsibilities

    Inspection of vehicles and implements, recording the fault noted and performing the required remedy.
    Thoroughly perform scheduled services to vehicles and implements.
    Facilitating booking of the vehicles and implements for repair, maintenance or general service in the Workshop.
    To always make sure that all faults that the vehicles or Implements are booked for are thoroughly and adequately attended to the best of your ability before signing them off from the Workshop.
    To always exercise safe working practices and observe safety precautions at workstationor workplace.
    To prepare scheduled of required spare parts and forwarding to the Manager for procurement/sourcing.
    Safe use of Company issued tools and maintaining safe custody.
    Must be able to troubleshoot and fix vehicles problems.
    To always ensure Tidiness at the workplace.
    Promoting teamwork amongst your work mates.
    Providing timely and relevant feedback.
    Carry out pre-fitness checks on vehicles
    Test drive vehicles and make any necessary adjustments.
    Perform any other duties as directed by the Manager.

    Desired Competencies and Qualifications

    O-Level or its equivalent and above
    Government Grade Test 1, Diploma and above in Automotive Engineering.
    Over 6 years Hands-on experience on buses, trucks especially FH 215, tractors and implements.
    Must have a Valid Driving License Class B.C.E.
    Valid Police clearance certificate and willing to stay at the workstation as provided.
    Computer Literate will be an added Advantage.
    Should possess good verbal and written communication skills.
    Should have High degree of attention to details and accuracy

    Deadline for Applications – Monday, 31st July, 2023

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    Please visit our website to apply for this job. If you have questions about the job, you can contact the recruitment team via recruitment@aaagrowers.co.ke 

    Apply via :

    recruitment@aaagrowers.co.ke