Our Client is an established export facing horticultural agri-business growing and exporting a range of herbs and fresh vegetables at its 300-acre mixed in-door / out-door farm in Tanzania.
Our client operates a very successful farm estate close to excellent air links within 300kms of Dar-es-salaam City.
The Estate has an excellent infrastructure with other expatriates in the area.
- Natural resources for best-in-class agricultural cropping
- Established 25-year-old business
- Registered Export Processing Zone (EPZ) licensee
- Hard currency export earnings
- Exacting standards to be achieved: governance, sustainability etc.
- Zero waste strategy
- Massive positive economic impact to local urban area
The Farm Manager will report directly to the Managing Director and primary role will be:
- Budgetary planning, monitoring and reporting:
- To assist in compiling the operational plan and budget for the year in collaboration with the Managing Director and CEO and other department heads
- After approval of the plan and budget, implement the plan, monitor performance on a monthly basis and where necessary suggest changes to the plan to achieve the overall business objectives
- To report any significant variation to the plan or budget to the Managing Director
- To report on the farm operations progress in line with the objectives of the business
Operational control and monitoring:
- To implement the short- and long-term project plan as agreed with the Managing Director and CEO
- To efficiently manage the farm resources required to implement this plan
- To ensure the farming operations continually strive to meet or exceed the company’s ambitions
- To continually seek new and innovative methods and practices that lead to an overall improvement in the farming operations and general efficiency across all aspects of the company operations
- Farm Management:
- To oversee all farming operations, ensuring consistent yield and quality in line with the company ambitions
- To oversee annual planting planning, field layout and land preparations in readiness for planting
- To oversee planting program, ensuring crop production remains on track with annual targets
- To oversee ongoing crop maintenance including irrigation and fertilization planning, crop pest and disease management, harvesting and all field labour related activities.
In these endeavors the Farm Manager will be assisted by the Managing Director, CEO and the business support staff
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a subject relevant to the industry
- Must have 10 years of commercial horticultural production experience in the tropics
- Must have 5 years-experience of growing vegetable and ideally chives or alike.
- Ideally should have experience of x-tra fine beans, broccoli florets and baby corn
- Must demonstrate experience of relevant industry standards
- Experience of farm expansion and development is preferred
- Must have a minimum of 5 years-experience as a horticultural Farm Manager in a commercial farming estate.
- Must demonstrate effective communication and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire across all levels of the organization
The company Salary range – USD based and subject to experience – Benefits shall include Housing, Car, Flights and other benefits to be discussed
Initial interviews shall be on Skype/Zoom – Send CV to Colin Roberts