Senior Technical Manager (Floriculture) at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements:

• Review and maintenance of the Company’s Postharvest Audit.
• Develop and Review the Company’s Technical Policies, Supplier Quality Assurance Manual & SOPs.
• Lead Technical relationships with regional customers where required.
• Develop grower auditing schedule based on risk assessment.
• Manage technical approval of new growers.
• Review industry certifications for all our growers.
• Coordinate growers visit schedule with other technical managers.
• Ensure grower visit reports are completed and submitted to GM.
• Maintain grower KPI report and review process.
• Develop Quality Improvement plans with key growers.
• Identification of new growers and varieties.
• Ensure the company’s specifications are implemented.
• Report the regional technical budget data to the relevant commercial manager.
• Ensure all quality and technical related matters are reported to the relevant region commercial manager.
• Drive improvement in all areas of handling and cold chain.
• Packaging – Oversight with specific focus on optimising transit solutions and profitability.
• Maintenance and development of Greenlight / Muddy Boots
• Create, implement and manage technical KPIs for quality team.
• Management and coaching of direct reports.
• Safety and Health lead coach.
• Manage all office equipment and tools to ensure optimal performance through scheduled maintenance, training of operators, safe storage when not in use.
• Create, maintain & update technical QC inspection duty roster.

 Qualifications

• Degree in Horticulture, Agriculture or related field.
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor’s qualification.
• Ability to analyze data, create and review processes.
• Minimum of 5 years of floriculture experience in a similar role.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in team management.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience working and communicating directly with customers will be beneficial.
• Experience with managing a budget will be beneficial.
• Experience with relevant certification standards (Global GAP, KFC, Fairtrade, BOPP)
• Experience with customer specification systems (Muddyboots/ Greenlight QC) will be beneficial.
• Attention to details.
• Clean driving license.