Position Summary & Primary Objective
Ol Kalou Dairy (2016) limited a leading dairy company operating in Nyandarua County.
The Milk Procurement and Extension Services Manager’s main responsibilities are to provide the required support to drive an effective service delivery to the farmers in order to achieve high on-farm productivity and milk quality supply.
The jobholder will be expected to demonstrate commitment and loyalty and perform all duties in accordance with the organization’s office routines and procedures, keeping in mind the overall business objectives.
Qualifications
Knowledge & Experience Required
Essential
Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Animal Science, Animal Health, Veterinary Medicine or Agribusiness
Masters Degree in the same field will be an added advantage
8 years experience in agri-business, extension services and or dairy sector with at least 3 years in management
Must be a member of a professional body
Desirable
Business Acumen and training
Responsibilities
The key accountabilities and tasks for the position holder are to:
Ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive and effective dairy farmers training and support services
Building strong and loyal raw milk supply base from company shareholders and other dairy farmers in the catchment
Supervising a hands-on team of extension staff
Overseeing the milk collection services—using company centres and private transporters
Working closely with the quality department to ensure high quality raw milk collection
Ensuring adequate and timely access to quality and competitive inputs for the farmers
Coordinating relationships with stakeholders identified as strategic to the vision of the company for improved service to the dairy farmers working with the company
Any other duties allocated by the company
Core Competencies
The following Core competencies are the skills, knowledge and behaviors expected of an employee at Ol Kalou Diary Ltd:
Maximizing Resources Builds and leverages infrastructure, knowledge and networks
Empowerment Empowers customers, employees, shareholders and society
Care and Protection Demonstrates care and protection to customers, employees, shareholders and society
Communication Skills Communicates – proactively, clearly, timely, consistently, completely and professionally – in written and oral forms to both internal and external customers
Initiative and Confidence Generates and shares new ideas that add value to OL KALOU DAIRY LTD. and looks at different ways to solve problems and address difficulties
Teamwork Contributes fully to team effort and plays an integral part in the smooth running of teams without necessarily taking the lead
Sector Acumen Has a good understanding of the sector environment and the impact their behaviour has on co-employees, service delivery to customers and OL KALOU DAIRY LTD.’s reputation
Respect Treats colleagues and customers in a manner which demonstrates integrity, honesty, fairness and value for other people’s time
Decision Making Authority
Policy recommendations
Approval of external service officers schedules
