Job offer: Senior plant production technician
As part of monitoring its activities, ABK COCOA FARM is recruiting a Senior Plant Production Technician.
Internally with services
Missions
- 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
Internally with services
- 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
- Mastery and experience in production under greenhouses and market gardening
- Proven experience in agro-industry with a strong taste for the field
- You have acquired this experience in plant production, ideally with an agro-industrialist, in the cultivation of cocoa, plantain or an agricultural research institution (IRAD, CARBAP, FASA)
- You are enthusiastic, autonomous and organized. You are passionate about the plant environment; you have a strong taste for innovation and research. This position offers a great deal of autonomy to take on major challenges.
- Motorcycle and/or car driving required: Motorcycle license or Category B license
Profile
- Higher Agricultural Technician;
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in a similar position;
- You have lived and worked in rural areas and have perfect knowledge of greenhouse and market gardening;
- You are enthusiastic, autonomous and organized. You are passionate about the development of Africa.
How to apply?
Please send your application (CV with references and cover letter) by e-mail only to the following address: contact@abkcocoafarm.com
Position based in Nkoteng (with compulsory residence in Nkoteng)
Regular travel to farms, to suppliers and other stakeholders
Deadline: 05/12/2023
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