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 of Speedling Production Manager. The position reports to the Agricultural Optimisation Manager and operates within the agriculture function.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for Providing direction, technical guidance, and leadership in Speedling nursery production to ensure long-term growth, development and sustainability and Champion and embed the “Illovo Way in sugar cane production” 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 targeted Speedling production figures at optimal cost and quality levels.
• Adopt and embed agreed best practices, frameworks, minimum standards, and processes for all aspects of Nursery production and replant programs.
• Achieve annual Speedling production targets ensuring that replant activities are prioritized and planned in a systematic and cost-effective way to optimize profitability.
• Contribute to the development of production plans, goals and KPI’s where required.
• Coordinate and approve annual Speedling production and replant plans with farm supervisors and managers across estate.
• Provide input into business cases for key capital projects in Agriculture and Agronomy and support delivery.
• Develop, monitor, and manage Speedling and replant budget and resource plan, with inputs from farm supervisors.
• Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding impressive performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required.
• Drive synergies across the group, effectively partnering with optimisation function and group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for optimisation.
• Identify and address problems and improvement opportunities with farm supervisors.
• 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 in agriculture / Agricultural Development / Agronomy (higher qualification with research would be an advantage)
• 5-7 years’ experience in sugar cane agriculture, responsible for at least 1,000 ha and at least 5 years’ experience managing large scale horticultural type nurseries.
• Able to build, develop and manage teams effectively.
• Able to capture, interpret and analyses agricultural performance data.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

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. Speedling Production 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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