Operations Manager (Fruit) - Mutare,Zimbabwe

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• General farm operations management – drive quality KPI’s, unit volumes and costs,
• Drive development of all supporting infrastructure (cableways, irrigation & fertigation, packhouses, electrical, housing and other infrastructure)

• Drive ongoing continuous improvement, focusing on detail around quality, volumes and yields: o Production planning
o Nutrition
o Sucker management
o Irrigation and water management
o Bunch care
o Pest, weed and disease control
o Harvesting operations
o Packing operations

• Recruiting, leading, planning and developing capacity depth and first-class operational team at all levels throughout the operations,
• Attention to detailed operations systems and SOPs; - to drive productivity and quality, and crop planning from field through to packhouse and delivery to customers,
• Production of regular projections on expected production levels for marketing & logistics,
• Drive adoption of global best practices and benchmarks with local innovation,
• Implement Global GAP throughout all operations
• Manage & ensure that all assets are accounted for, and are in good working condition,
• Plan all new development, determine ROI’s, implement on time and to pre-determined budgets.
• Budgets and cashflow forecasts, financial analysis and planning,
• Manage farming operations business accounts through monthly finance reporting and corresponding financial KPI’s,
• Plan & manage the interaction with the procurement function to ensure quality & adequate supplies, to effectively support operations,
• Effective stakeholder management through team leadership & cohesiveness in all farm activities,
• Drive adoption and use of new and changing technologies throughout the operation,
• Work with Sales & Marketing teams to develop and build premium end market channels,
• Closely guard reputation and integrity of the business.

Key Skills
• Fruit technical expertise and high interest in driving technical progress,
• Confident and open team player,
• Strong leadership capacity, with high impact and influence with the ability to develop and maintain a high potential team,
• Strong attention to detail,
• High degree of accuracy,
• Proactive and entrepreneurial bent, with proven high agency and ability to make things happen,
• Curious and demanding of new knowledge and its transfer,
• Proven ability to build and mentor outstanding and growing individuals.