Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 06 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
• Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position Crop Manager. The position reports to the Agriculture Director and operates within the agriculture function.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for Providing direction, technical guidance and leadership in crop production and removal to ensure alignment with strategic plan and sustainable long-term growth and Through interface with Optimisation, Agric Engineering and GEA, direct and embed the “Illovo Way in sugar cane management” to ensure Illovo is the best-in-class sugar producer in the Country.

Key Performance Areas
• Drive operational excellence by making informed trade-offs and driving initiatives that will deliver greatest yields at optimal cost and quality levels.
• Adopt and embed agreed best practices, frameworks, minimum standards, and processes for all aspects of crop production (and removal where relevant)
• With Group CoE’s identify best practices (internal & external) and review policies and procedures to improve yield and financial performance.
• Contribute to reviewing Standards and operating procedures to sustainably improve yield and financial performance.
• Achieve yield forecasts (together with farm supervisors), ensuring that farming (and crop removal where relevant) activities are prioritised and planned in a systematic and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
• Provide alignment between Crop Production Farms plans and Factory production Crush plans to achieve budget cane volumes and quality in line with S&OP
• Coordinate and approve annual crop production and harvest plans with farm managers, including crop establishment and husbandry across estate.
• Develop, monitor, and manage cane production budget and resource plan, with inputs from farm managers and service departments.
• Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding impressive performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required.
• Develop and implement a programme to Identify and address problems and improvement opportunities with Farm Managers
• Identify and implement sustainability initiatives such land and water conservation to prevent soils erosion, soil degradation, pollution, and invasive weeds and to improve water footprint and quality.
• Drive synergies across the group, effectively partnering with optimisation function and group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for optimisation.
• Provide input into business cases for key capital projects in Agriculture and support delivery.
• Oversee effective talent and performance management and build a strong leadership team and talent pipeline within crop production, by coaching, mentoring and guiding farm supervisors.
• Identify and monitor KPIs and balanced scorecards, track performance and flag any issues with individuals.
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies, and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum specifications / Requirements areas
• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Agriculture / Agricultural Development / Agricultural Engineering.
• 10 years’ experience in sugar cane agriculture and crop removal, including minimum of 5 years in agricultural operations at a middle-management level, responsible for a minimum of 3000ha.
• Proven history of effectively developing and implementing strategies through managing budgets, people, and resources to meet business KPIs.
• Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate, interpret and respond to changes impacting on all aspects of crop management.
• A formal business/commercial qualification would be an advantage.
• Strong agriculture data analysis skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• All interested in applying for this position, please submit your detailed CV & copies of relevant qualifications, ID/ Passports in PDF format as a single document, for the attention of HR Business Partner: Nakambala to careers@zamsugar.zm  stating clearly the position applied for- Crop Manager.
• All internal employees are expected to complete Internal Application Form and obtain relevant signatures when applying for vacancies. No hard copies applications or phone calls will be accepted.
• Closing date for applications: 14th November 2023 at 17:00hrs.
• All applicants may be required to complete pre-employment checks (qualification, credit, security, background, and medical assessments) as part of the recruitment process where applicable.
• If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

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