Senior Leaf Technician at British American Tobacco (BAT)

Job description

British American Tobacco has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Leaf Technician to join our team.

Main responsabilities of the role include

• Timely prepare, obtain approval from the ALM, implement and continuously monitor a crop action plans for the production of the agreed quality, quantity and cost of tobacco leaf.
• Timely evaluate and communicate to the ALM progress on the approved action plan and leaf centre objectives to enable timely, effective and efficient decision making.
• Provide professional technical guidance and assistance to the extension contractor and farmers to enable them grow high quality and quantity of tobacco for maximum returns to the farmers.
• Continuously evaluate competitor activity and put in place proactive mitigating measures to maintain competitive advantage.
• Disseminate as appropriate company policy on Growing Tobacco to farmers and the community for good corporate image.
• Implement, supervise and ensure compliance by all direct and indirect reports on all company guidelines and policies (EH&S, STP, afforestation, SoBC, Procurement, General Standing Instructions, Fleet, IT, Accounting etc).

Essential Requirements

• B.Sc./Diploma in Agriculture, Agronomy, Horticulture or Engineering with a minimum experience of 2 years working in the field.
• Computer skills
• Self-drive and high integrity
• General knowledge of all company operations.
• Ability to develop a credible and professional relationship with middle line management.
• Demonstrate a strong level of understanding of modern training and development principles, philosophies, methodologies and media and further demonstrate an ability to apply in the work place and at farmer level.
• Strong leadership and motivational skills coupled with excellent communication ability.