Summit Recruitment & Search Seed Operations Manager Jobs in Timau, Kenya

Summit Recruitment & Search Seed Operations Manager Jobs in Timau, Kenya

Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGO’s in various business sectors across Africa.

Our client, industry leaders in the field of Conservation Agriculture, working with broadacre non-irrigated farmers in Kenya is seeking to recruit a Seed Operations Manager to be based in Timau.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing commercial operations around their product pipelines. The ideal candidate Must have prior experience working in crop production company.

Key Requirements:

Management of the Seed Company and leadership of its team

To grow, improve and expand the Seed Company substantially.

Budgeting of company activities

Oversee seed processing and storage infrastructural design and construction

Long-term seed demand forecasting and production planning

Management of seed contracts, supervision of production and harvesting.

Manage and grow seed sales and offtake

Build business cases around target crops

Oversee market research and develop sales channel

Design and build out quality assurance and monitoring system

Build warehouse and stock

management system

Qualifications:

A Bachelors or Higher degree in Agriculture or Natural Sciences is mandatory

Exceptional planning skills, backed up by very strong IT capability.

Commercial experience, with a track record of working in a commercial decision-making environment

Clear, professional communication in both verbal and written form.

5 years’ experience in a role either working in crop production or closely working alongside a production team in post-harvest, sales or planning

Hands-on practical experience in a working farm environment or an agricultural or seed company

Flexible to travel.

How to Apply

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