Field Supervisor - Northern Production Areas at Bayer

Role purpose

• Plan and coordinates seed production activities with seed growers in order to meet the seed availability-, and quality standards required. Ensures the efficient use of human resources, equipment and materials.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Plan and coordinate seed production planning which includes the following activities:
• Grower selection and recruitment building strong grower network and maintaining good relationships and trust.
• Use available Data capturing platforms to gather accurate grower information and utilize for season preparation.
• Grower contracting according to Bayer seed agreement.
• Coordinate and supervise key agronomic activities from field selection, soil preparation, planting, weed control, insect control, disease control, fertilization and irrigation monitoring.
• Coordinate key processes, planting, detasseling, yield forecasting, harvesting and deliveries to processing plant.
• Lead HSE efforts according ISO45001 standards, focusing on legal compliance and identifying safety risks applying the HIRA principles.
• Ensure compliance with ISO9001:2015 Quality Management System.
• Record field data in Velocity platform, to manage productions activities effectively.
• Comply with SANSOR seed certification standards and requirements.
• Support operational improvement initiatives, drive best practices and cost savings.
• Utilizing onePSS production systems to coordinate and manage production fields effectively.
• Increase end-to-end operational efficiency and advance customer experience through continuous improvement initiatives

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum a diploma or bachelor’s degree in agronomy or 5-year experience in seed production.
• Fluent in English
• MS Office software (Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Results focused with ability to work on own initiative
• Strong teamwork capability (flexibility to work across the areas and positively influencing others)
• Making informed decisions in a timely manner.
• Have the responsibility to work home-based and be prepared to travel extensively.
• SANSOR and Phytosanitary certification, and AVCASA accreditation, will be an added advantage.