Agriculture Manager: Musina at Tiger Brands

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Maintain Systems and Good Agricultural Practices for procurement of factory tomatoes
• Technical agricultural support to nurseries and producers with AVCASA and BASOS as minimum standards
• Procurement of raw material that meet required prescribed quality specifications
• Quality management in order to achieve positive yields – both field and factory yields
• Ensure that procedures (supplier quality assurance for the farmer are drawn-up and followed by conducting audits
• Ensure all fresh produce received free from pesticides residues Assist with technical advice
• Adherence to Musina annual MPS
• Sound volume estimation capabilities and Price mandating process
• Management of planting and delivery scheduling inline with factory capacity 
• Management and Control of credit supplied to producers
• Development of effective, compliant and energetic agricultural team
• Developing and maintaining good producer relationships 
• Must be a seasoned negotiator
• Applying Problem solving techniques and Settlement of disputes
• Must be able to work autonomous – trustworthy 
• Draft and manage agricultural annual budget
• Development and implementation of successful BEE programme for raw material supply
• Trial plots and cultivar evaluation and development
• Innovations to save cost
• Manage and control all agricultural and nursery administration
• Container (bulk bins) management and control
• Representing and informed participation with all industry role players
• Mediator between Tiger, producers and industry role players
• Volume risk mitigation

QUALIFICATIONS

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE

Key attributes and competencies

• Education: Relevant Tertiary degree
• Producer selection based on GAP principals 
• Full adherence to MRL and food safety principals
• Managing scheduled sowing and pulling of seedlings with nurseries
• Pre seasonal contracts to be signed and in place for nurseries and producers
• Drafting tomato planting and delivery schedules 
• Transport and bin management from depots and producers
• Compiling and management of Agri-budget 
• Determination of annual raw material prices and payments to producers by means of comparative input cost calculations
• Managing constant raw material flow to units 
• Managing quality and healthy floor stock levels of raw material 
• Manage and develop dynamic agri-team 
• Full compliance to annual volume requirement or Musina MPS