General Manager, Agriculture SG 2 at SonySugar Limited

Reporting to the Managing Director, the position will be charged with developing, reviewing and implementing policies, standard operations procedures, work instructions and guidelines for Agriculture Extension Services, Agriculture Engineering Services, Research and Development, Cane Harvesting and Transport, Machine and equipment repairs and maintenance

Specific responsibilities will include:-

• Ensuring the department’s goals and objectives are aligned to corporate strategic plan;
• Ensuring implementation and cascading of corporate strategies and targets;
• Ensuring adherence to good agricultural practices;
• Maintaining good relationship with the farming community and other relevant stakeholders;
• Ensuring production of accurate monthly and periodic raw material inventory;
• Guiding and advising on necessary improvements based on analyzed production and productivity data;
• Ensuring maintenance of clean and accurate farmers and cane production data and records in the AMS and ERP systems;
• Ensuring cane development is aligned to projected factory requirements;
• Advising Management on sugarcane varietal development and distribution, sugarcane nutrition, crop protection and soil amelioration;
• Ensuring establishment of seed cane nurseries to ensure that certified high quality planting material is available in adequate quantity;
• Coordinating and liaising with sugar Research Institute on introduction of new and improved sugarcane varieties and other research findings;
• Co-ordinating repairs, service and maintenance of all mobile machines and equipment;
• Ensuring land development activities are carried out in line with company production and quality targets;
• Co-ordinating cadastral survey activities on all contracted cane plats;
• Co-ordinating Design, construction, repairs and maintenance of all sugar roads within Company owned plantation and outgrowers region;
• Coordinating farmers contracting process to ensure adequate supply of sugarcane;
• Coordinating production and implementation of mature cane harvesting programme;
• Ensuring timely and efficient transport of harvested cane to the factory;

Job Specification/Requirement:

• Masters in Agronomy, Agribusiness Management, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture
• Extension and Education, Agriculture Engineering, Plant Bio-Technology or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Bachelors degree in General Agriculture, Agriculture Engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• At least fifteen (15) years’ relevant work experience five (5) of which must be at senior management level.
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized Institution;
• Membership to professional Body where applicable.
• Computer Proficiency.
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.