Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 29 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Role purpose
• The role holder is responsible for managing field production activities and process to ensure the achievement of commercial seed hybrid production volume and quality targets
• This includes the sourcing and recruiting growers, providing agronomic support to the growers, and managing the relationship with the growers to ensure the delivery of high-quality seed to Bayer.
• This is an excellent opportunity to work with leading technology and talented cross-functional teams that are driving to deliver the best agriculture products and solutions to farmers.

Key responsibilities and tasks
• Carry out annual grower evaluation to ensure that compliant and high performing growers are retained on the grower register.
• Ensure that field capacity allocations are in line with the country crop plan and implement grower assignments according to the crop plan.
• Contingency planning and sourcing of additional growing capacity in the event of high-volume crop plans.
• Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies and SCCI regulations in the engagement and management of growers.
• This includes registration of growers with SCCI as required.
• Assignment of appropriate grower accounts in SAP and the full management of the SAP grower accounts processes.
• Ensure full adoption of the SI 23 of 2018 of the Plant Variety and Seeds Act 236 in the management of growers and SCCI relationships.
• Supervise land preparation, planting, crop development, detasseling, male removal, dry-downs, harvest, and post-harvest activities to ensure quality and yield volumes are achieved.
• Participate in dispute management with growers.
• Contribute to production performance reviews and improvement planning, and exercise diligence in full implementation of improvement actions.
• Ensure Bayer’s Human Rights fundamentals and ESH fundamentals are implemented in grower operations, and ensure appropriate action is instituted for non-compliance.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications
• Undergraduate degree in agricultural sciences
• Minimum 7 years work experience in seed production management
• Current SCCI Inspector registration
• Demonstrable competence in seed production and seed processing operations
• Must be a holder of a valid driving license
• Must be willing to travel up to 90% of the time

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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