Centre of Excellence Team Leader at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements: 

• Provide vision, identify goals and clear goals of the Centre of Excellence as is needed to execute its mandate to promote Conservation Agriculture, encourage crop rotation and support farmers.
• Set clear goals for the team and develop strategies, guide and support the team towards the realization of the goals.
• Onboard, train, support and ensure the Field Officers are adequately prepared to execute their mandate to support farmers embrace Conservation Agriculture and grow canola
• Develop work plans and ensure timely implementation of activities in line with work plans and activity schedules.
• Provide inspirational leadership to the team, build trust, and inspire team spirit and a supportive culture within the team and across other Company activities.
• Develop and maintain effective communication channels with Field Officers working in remote locations.
• Track day-to-day work of staff in each region through meetings, visits, telephone calls, emails and electronic software.
• Prepare Centre of Excellence’s annual operational budget needed to support the goals for consideration by the top management.
• Keep relevant Centre of Excellence data and information and ensure its availability in a timely manner.
• Identify, monitor, sort and advise on challenges and risks facing the Centre.
• Prepare annual progress status reports for senior management and the Board of Directors.
• Work with various stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate structures and conditions are in place to enable regions to produce enough canola seed for processing at the two factories.
• Develop and maintain a clear forecasted conduit for seed from the planning, contracting, growing, harvesting through to delivery to the Company’s factories.

Qualifications:

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree
• Excellent planning skills, and ability to work within set deadlines.
• Direct experience working in an agricultural context is required,
• Resource planning, assessment requirement and budgeting skills.
• Effective communication and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good organizational and decision-making skills.
• Able to work with people from different backgrounds and culture.
• Self-driven and able to work under minimum supervision.
• Can work under pressure to deliver results.
• Highly technically proficient with equipment and IT. Able to identify, implement and maintain technical solutions.