Post Harvest Consultant at Adept Systems

Responsibilities
The Post-Harvest Consultant will be responsible for assisting growers by giving them paid services on the post-harvest of the flowers. He or she will be responsible for:

•    Best-in-class performance of paid quality services to growers
•    Acquisition of new growers for Post-Harvest services including making professional commercial proposals
•    Continuous development and improvement of (paid) quality services
•    Relationship management for the growers on Post Harvest services, aimed at achieving an increase in flower quality for different growers through the provision post-harvest           services
•    Acting as the contact person for other FloraHolland services in concert with Account Managers
•    Preparing regular reports on achievements & discussing them with both farm managers (owners, farm managers, etc.) and Dutch counterparts
•    Audit Post Harvest-processes and recommending on areas of improvement to growers
•    Train and Develop farm staff on post-harvest procedures and issues
•    Monitoring cool chain systems and measuring the cold chain
•    Setting up and maintaining standard working protocols on post-harvest consultancy, and generate regular status reports together with team in Ethiopia

Requirements

•    Degree in Horticulture or agricultural based study
•    Broad knowledge of the international flower business
•    Broad and deep knowledge of quality aspects of flowers – especially post-harvest
•    Experience in a complex/international two sided surrounding
•    Commercial experience
•    Fluent in English language (written/spoken)
•    Ability to work independently
•    Excellent communicative skills
•    Organizational skills and research experience, team player
•    Good computer skills (Windows, Microsoft Office)
•    Professional appearance