FARMS PROGRAMME MANAGER - SENIOR

SUMMARY:
Johannesburg – Gauteng: International travel is required with this exciting opportunity in a senior management level

POSITION INFO:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

·         Degree educated (preferably agriculture, food science or finance/commerce) with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in farming, agriculture or technologist background essential.

·         Understanding of GAP, Food Safety Management systems, including HACCP, BRC and/or other food safety management systems (essential).

·         Experience in managing teams locally and by proxy and working cross functionally

Key Responsibilities: Leading the following activities:

1. 1.    Aligning/balancing internal and external stakeholders on

• Commercial
• Purpose
• Marketing to support the growth of Company Farms both internally and externally
• Food (QA)
• Heritage (shareholder activity to support Company Farms as the cornerstone of the company)

1. 2.    Strategy, budget and P&L management including

• Budget planning
• Business performance review with regional suppliers
• Structure, communication and quarterly review/optimisation
• If required, structure and submit application for finance for farming organisations

1. 3.    Food safety standards & quality control

• Structuring and implementation of country specific company food safety standards project rollout
• Product specifications (microbial, chemical, pesticides, colour, Azodyes, moisture, HPLC SHU)
• Consistency of product
• QA
• Innovation and NPD for products sold globally in retail globally by our FMCG business

1. 4.    Socio-economic impact reporting

• Economic model design and optimisation
• Responsible for theory of change design
• Impact survey architectural design
• Providing training to employees to help with our measurement tool aligned with an external business
• Demonstrating the purpose driven work to the broader business community
• Host Mozambique/brand heritage tours through brand immersion
• Facilitate brand building tours and develop on-Farms experience

1. 5.    Implement and monitor digital tracking platform

• Development
• Training of Farm Extension Officers
• Technical support
• Supply demand planning and tracking

                                  i.    Specific regional production planning and tracking

                                 ii.    Management of company IP chain

                                iii.    Overall control of side-selling

1. 6.    Seed development

• Research and trial design
• Advancement of exclusivity agreement
• Driving corporate governance throughout value chain
• Advance and manage further vertical integration into raw materials

                                  i.    Seed development

                                 ii.    Procurement

                                iii.    Economic modelling

1. 7.    Socio-economic impact monitoring and baseline studies

• Company architectural design selection, logistics and execution (training and preparation)
• Cyclical development

1. 8.    People/Heritage

• Bridging the gap between brand provenance and broader company business
• Conceptualizing and establishing company brand heritage engagement platforms

This summarises the main key responsibilities of the role but there may be other reasonable

requests made and other responsibilities included from time to time

Key competencies & qualities:

• A strong interest in working in a Purpose lead environment, with a passion for food and getting great products into production safely.
• An excellent written and verbal communicator with ability to influence others using relevant information, assertiveness and logical argument
• Excellent organisational skills, able to manage multiple tasks and deliver projects and programmes through to completion, without missing a beat.
  • Adapt when required to changing priorities and work calmly, positively and effectively under pressure
  • An ambassador for the company, you’ll build warm rapport and relationships with our partners, whilst staying meticulous and assertive to ensure KPIs are met
  • Comfortable working with incomplete information or where there is ambiguity
  • Motivated to work independently and take ownership of a task, whilst being a key contributor to a highly efficient team.
  • Influencer and relationship builder–building strong relationships, you’ll be able to interact and influence your many stakeholders at all levels in person, externally and remotely. You’ll enjoy the diversity of the different business cultures and stakeholders you’ll be interacting with, flexing your style accordingly.
  • Empathetic: ability to compare, process and represent multiple perspectives of the Company’s farms’ multiple stakeholders.
  • Agile entrepreneurial leader able to operate in a small-scale structure, which will mean alternating between seeing the big picture strategy to being hands on and getting into the detail.
  • Self-starter With bags of self-motivation, organisation and self-discipline, you’ll take ownership to set the direction, take ownership and collaborate with others to make it happen at pace.
  • Culture Driver – as a leader, you will play your part in building our culture, living the company’s values in everything you do, with Purpose driving the core of our operations and decisions.  You’ll look to achieve commercial excellence without compromising on company’s product quality or socially responsible agenda.
  • Growth mindset humble and on an ongoing journey in your own self development, looking to grow yourself and grow others on the way.

 ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted

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