Field Technology Officer at Unilever

Job description

Main Job Purpose

To be responsible for driving and reviewing company field mechanization strategies in Unilever Tea Kenya plantations.

Job Summary

• Responsible for building and reviewing Mechanical Harvesting (MH) strategy
• Responsible for the availability and serviceability of all harvesting and pruning machinery and equipment.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant Policies, Standard Operating Procedures and continuously review the procedures as necessary.
• Jointly with quality assurance team, link factory and field to match MH quality of raw material to that of made tea to deliver products to Unilever quality specifications
• Lead initiation and implementation of projects linked to mechanization of field operations like tea harvesting and pruning.
• Provide field technology advisory services to agricultural teams in Unilever Tea Kenya.
• Participate in supplier identification, selection process and approval of relevant documents in mechanization.
• Responsible for field technology assets, equipment and spares stock inventory.
• Responsible for monitoring and evaluation of MH key performance indicators and maintenance of good harvesting in the mechanized fields.
• Explore and advise on available latest field technologies in the market which can deliver competitive cost of production and product quality

Key Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering, or any other related subject.
• Experience in handling and managing agricultural harvesting technology and equipment’s will be an added advantage.
• Over 4 years hands on experience in a similar role as per the job requirements stated above.