• Develop and monitor greenhouse and market garden plant production (detailed annual work plans with monitoring-evaluation indicators);
• Implement quality control of production and put in place procedure manuals for greenhouse and market garden plant production in line with the entrepreneurial vision of the company ABK Cocoa Farm;
• Ensure the productivity and profitability of production sites;
• Design and ensure the implementation of an irrigation system suitable for cocoa and accompanying crops;
• Develop a crop fertilization strategy and ensure its compliance;
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards in force in plant and animal production;
• Ensure training and retraining of employees in good agronomic practices;
• Manage a team of agricultural employees;

• Support the sales force as a technical expert;
• Prepare an annual action plan for greenhouse and market gardening plant production with monitoring-evaluation indicators;
• Participate in the preparation of the annual budget to support the implementation of the action plan;
• Design a training schedule for appropriation of procedure manuals;
• Design and ensure the implementation of a crop fertilization plan (choice of organic fertilizers, organization and planning of fertilizations, negotiation with suppliers);
• Any other task/activity defined by the employer.

Means and prerogatives

• Means of travel of the company
• Communication budget
• Prerogatives in terms of task organization and project management
• Team of motivated employees

Internal and external relations

• Responsible for plant and animal production
• Sales manager
• Human Resources and CSR Manager
• Accounting and financial manager
• logistics

Externally 

• Professional associations (CICC, ONCC, agricultural cooperatives)
• Public structures and their divisions (Ministries of agriculture, livestock, fishing and animal industries, environment, municipalities, IRAD, SODECAO, etc.)
• Traditional chiefdoms and heads of rural communities
• Audit consulting companies

Required Skills