Agricultural Operations Manager at Lorache Consulting Limited

Ref Id: AOPM 202

Job Description

• Agricultural Operations Managers or farm managers are responsible for the daily planning, organisation, supervision and administration of activities on farm estates

Responsibilities

• Overall coordination of the company's Oil Palm development program
• Optimization of FFB recovery
• Plantation management plan development
• Strategic redevelopment plan for old plantations
• Development of new plantations and coordination of its growth plan
• Forward planning
• Making policy decisions
• Budgeting and maintaining accurate financial records
• Organising sales crops and agricultural products
• Handling paperwork and keeping administrative records
• Recruiting, training/instructing and supervising farm workers
• Making sure that work progresses satisfactorily
• Ensuring compliance with government regulations and health and safety standards
• Keeping an up-to-date knowledge of pests and diseases
• Ensuring that the farm is profitable and meets projected financial targets
• Organising maintenance/repair of farm property, equipment and machinery
• Advertising and marketing farm products or the work of the farmer.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Agricultural Management and Extension. A relevant higher post-graduate degree in addition to membership of relevant professional bodies will be an added advantage.
• The applicant must not be more than 40 years of age and a minimum of 7 years post-graduate working experience in an agro-based firm and specifically in an oil palm company that has a sizeable oil palm plantation.

Key required skills:

• Initiative
• Flexibility
• Good communication skill
• Analytical skills
• Commercial awareness
• IT skills
• The ability to apply technical knowledge of the environment and legislation/public policy matters in a practical environment
• Marketing and sales skills
• Teamwork and leadership.