Employer: Millar Cameron Ltd
Salary: R66 667 - R100 000 Per Month (Negotiable)
Reference 593039
Apply before Friday, February 20, 2015
Job Details
Millar Cameron is an international recruitment consultancy specializing in placing excellent professionals in mid- to senior agricultural positions in Sub-Saharan Africa. We have been contracted in by a major client of ours to find them a General Manager for an large vegetables processing and packing operation in Kenya.
Our client is looking for someone with good interpersonal skills, who has a strong managerial background in the Packhouse sector and is ready to take on a challenge. You would be working on a sophisticated operation, with multiple aspects of.
The General Manager would be responsible for:
Be in overall charge of the day to day commercial operations and dialogue with the company’s marketing partners
Lead the ongoing sustainability agenda within packing operations, to both drive cost out of the business and to work towards and achieve our customer’s objectives
Cooperate closely with the Finance department to set up a monthly budget, and present these budget plans to the board
Implementing a thorough and effective business plan to develop the farm,
Maintain systems, standards and controls to follow health and safety requirements,
Reporting on a timely basis to the Chairman of the board, with accurate documentation of the farm production.
The ideal candidate for this General Manager position would have a background consisting of:
An Education up to a college degree or equivalent,
At least 10 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in a senior management position,
A proven record of successes in agriculture in Africa,
Excellent interpersonal skills,
A great knowledge of farm related management information systems.
Project management experience
Excellent problem solving and analyses skills to overcome industry challenges and implement continuous improvement drives
If this opportunity is of interest to you, please send an e-mail to tom@millarcameron.com with an up-to-date copy of your CV attached, along with contact details for two professional references and one peer reference. I will then get in touch as soon as possible.
