Farm Poultry Manager (Breeder) at Global Profilers

Responsibilities:

Summary
A poultry farm manager (Breeding) will be responsible for nurturing birds to produce eggs or for retail meat. The job holder will be responsible for management practices to include feeding, general care and keeping charts to select the optimum chickens for production and mating, while carrying out further research as related to breeding.

Responsibility:

• Ensure Breeder are fully exposed to ultra-modern and automated (closed houses, tunnel ventilation, automatic feeding & automatic egg collection systems etc. with low human intervention)
• Plan and implement the construction and operation of the Layer & Broiler Parent Stock farms and on completion assume responsibility for running them.
• Manage the farms as per best in class international industry norms.
• Recruit, develop and train team members and define & implement good practices with respect to brooding & growing, vaccination, health, bio-security measures and performance of the flocks of the respective broiler/ layer PS.
• Develop protocols for body weight and bird uniformity, vaccination, health, bio-security, labour sanitation practices, feeding, preventive medication and develop formats for measuring the performance parameters.
• Improve project infrastructure to enable efficient utilization of facilities/resources and achieve good performance with low operating costs.
• Ensure a very high level of international bio-security standards.
• Develop reporting formats and review for team members on regular basis.
• Deliver on goals on mortalities, flock uniformity, egg production, HHHE and lower the cost of production of hatching egg.

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Sciences/ Agriculture Science (Animal Production) or Post graduation in Veterinary Sciences with specialization in Poultry Production/Pathology etc.
• This will be a Senior-level global hire.
• The person should have 15-20 years of experience working across various markets.
• Applicants should have experience in the developed world (with high level of automation in closed houses) and developing world (Africa preferred) for them to achieve developed world standards in Nigeria.

Skills

• Ability to handle multiple simultaneous tasks and to function well under pressure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Sound analytical reasoning.
• Exceptional cost control skill.
• Exceptional ability to manage resources.
• leadership to a diverse group of people and cultures
• Strong interpersonal skills, maturity and ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Highly organized and proactive.
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strategic guidance and planning skills.