Pretoria Area - Gauteng : Our client is looking for a Farm Manager to join the team.
This is a LIVE OUT position.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Agricultural Diploma/Degree advantageous
- Business or Operations Management qualification and or experience essential
- Previous crop farm management (all aspects) experience essential
- Proven experience working with large combine harvesters and planting equipment essential
- Strong admin and record keeping skills
- Solid financial and operational management experience
- Staff / Human Resources Management experience
- Production and Processing knowledge: raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques
ABILITIES REQUIRED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
- Excellent practical skills
- Able to operate under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Strategic Thinking
- Analytical Thinking
ABILITIES & SKILLS REQUIRED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
Management of:
- Personnel Resources
- Financial Resources
- Material Resources
- Communication Skills
- Speaking
- Negotiation
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Strategic
- Analytical
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
- Contracts with farmers or independent owners for raising of crops or for management of crop production.
- Coordinates growing activities with those of engineering, equipment maintenance, packing houses, and other related departments.
- Analyzes market conditions to determine bed allocations.
- Confers with purchasers and arranges for sale of crops.
- Records information, such as production, farm management practices, and parent stock, and prepares financial and operational reports.
- Determines procedural changes in drying, grading, storage, and shipment for greater efficiency and accuracy.
- Analyzes soil to determine type and quantity of fertilizer required for maximum production.
- Inspects equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Inspects orchards and fields to determine maturity dates of crops or to estimate potential crop damage from weather.
- Plans and directs development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics.
- Purchases machinery, equipment, and supplies, such as tractors, seed, fertilizer, and chemicals.
- Evaluates financial statements and makes budget proposals.
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