Job type: Full-time

Job Purpose
Provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in estate agricultural optimisation, including agronomic business systems and data management, to ensure the estate realizes its full potential.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the development and implementation of the agriculture strategy especially with respect to the optimisation of the sugarcane production and supply chain.
• Evaluate, provide direction and guidance on all Agricultural Opex projects (PIP Projects), including from Field Improvement Teams, to ensure projects are delivered on-time, in full and within budget (OTIFQC)
• Evaluate, provide direction and guidance on all Agricultural Opex. Projects (PIP Projects), including from Field Improvement Teams, to ensure projects are delivered on-time, in full and within budget (OTIFQC)
• Manage the crop maintenance and drone contracts including the Fertilizer and chemicals mixing plants.
• Drive agricultural modernisation and optimisation improvement plans through innovation and new farming systems,
• Reduce the cost of production through yield and efficiency improvement.
• Develop best practice adoption. and embedding methodologies with HR to support capability building in the Agricultural team.
• Develop and update standardized work procedures in line with Head Office best practices and on-site constraints.
• Ensure the crop nutrition, pest and disease and variety specialists fully leverage available support from the Illovo Group (Head Office and other Countries)
• Optimise crop production performance by holding agronomy teams accountable to the highest standards, whilst meeting the required cane crop volume and yield at the optimal cost
• Ensure accurate agricultural data is managed effectively in all data management systems, and is used effectively in farm management, estate performance monitoring, and decision making.
• Ensure Agricultural Optimisation is managed profitably (yield and cost synergies)
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement across all farms.
• Ensure talent and performance management are embedded in local ways of working, whilst leveraging support functions and resources to develop capability.
• Model Leadership behaviours, collaborating, partnering and communicating effectively within and between teams and support functions.
• Promote cross-functional and stakeholder engagement & teamwork.
• When requested, to provide assistance to Grower Agriculture at Kilombero
• Promote and adhere to ABFSugar procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in or equivalent in Agriculture, Agronomy or Agricultural Engineering
• 5-10 years of experience in sugar cane production on an estate size or equivalent enterprise, with 5 years in a leadership/management role Proven track record of effectively developing and implementing strategies through managing budgets, people and resources to meet business KPIs
• Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate and interpret changes impacting on functional area.
• Strong agriculture data analysis skills
• Experience in addressing multi-variable agronomic problems.
• Ability to translate ways of working into standard tools and templates.
• Presentation and facilitation skills to be able to engage with diverse stakeholders and communicate concepts to enable decisions to be made.
• Proven ability to effectively engage, and positively influence, a range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability in delivering results and meeting business expectations.
• Self-driven, with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Professional, dedicated and a good team player.
• Above average proficiency in MS office / CanePro
• Proven track record within an ABFSugar Company, aligning with the company culture, is an added advantage.

Terms Of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please click here to apply for the position on or before 10th February 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply:

This is Full-time Job, To submit your application, please follow the link provided below.

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