Production Manager at Human Asset Consultants

Overall Objective of the Role: To secure Flowers Production processes and ensure a reliable system is in place for sustainable performance from the employees and other assets to achieve the company’s objective of delivering quality flower cuttings to our customers in the agreed specifications on time and right quantity. 

Key accountabilities

• Direct people responsibility
• Responsible for growing plants
• Responsible for process organization
• Responsible for production excellence
• Responsible for plant nutrition
• Crop protection
• Ensure attainment of phytosanitary and quality standards
• Production Planning
• Season Labor planning
• People management
• Production research
• Process improvement
• Data base management
• Monthly reports
• Health, Safety and Environment initiatives and implementation

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate must possess the following qualification and competencies:

• A Bachelors’ degree in Agriculture or Horticulture
• A Masters’ degree in Agriculture/Horticulture or Business administration will be an added advantage
• 7 years’ experience as a senior grower, crop manager or as an agronomist
• 10 years of growing flower crops in a greenhouse setting
• Thorough knowledge of horticulture business production, end to end
• Ability to do departmental budgeting and follow up on the implementation of the same within the specified timelines
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must possess a proven track record of leading teams with good problem-solving skills
• Disease and pest identification and management.
• Farm production planning and execution in a developing country
• Data entry and analysis.