Crop Production Manager

2 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Code Red Recruitment Full time

My client on the South Coast of KZN is currently looking for a suitably qualified person for the position of Crop Production Manager, within the Agricultural function.

The position reports to the Estate Agriculture Manager.

**Key Performance Area**
- Drive operational excellence by making informed trade-offs and driving initiatives that will deliver greatest possible yields at optimal cost and quality levels.
- Adopt and embed agreed best practices, frameworks, minimum standards and processes for all aspects of crop production and crop removal.
- With Group CoE’s identify best practices (internal & external) and review policies and procedures to improve yield and financial performance.
- Contribute to reviewing standards and operating procedures to sustainably improve yield and financial performance.
- Achieve yield forecasts (together with Farm Managers), ensuring that farming and crop removal activities are prioritised and planned in a systematic and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
- Provide alignment between Crop Production Farm plans and Factory Production Crush plans to achieve budget cane volumes and quality in line with S&OP.
- Coordinate approved annual crop production, harvest plans, crop establishment plans and crop husbandry plans with Farm Managers across relevant farms.
- Develop, monitor, and manage approved cane production budget and resource plans, with inputs from Farm Managers and service departments.
- Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding strong performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required.
- Develop and implement a programme to Identify and address problems and improvement opportunities with Farm Managers.
- Identify and implement sustainability initiatives including land and water conservation to prevent soil erosion, soil degradation, pollution, and invasive weeds and to improve water footprint and water quality.
- Drive synergies across the group, effectively partnering with optimisation function and group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for optimisation.
- Provide input and support delivery into the business case for, and implementation of key capital projects in Agriculture.
- Oversee effective talent and performance management and build a strong leadership team and talent pipeline within crop production, by coaching, mentoring and guiding Farm Managers.
- 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 / Diploma in Agriculture / Agricultural Development / Agricultural Engineering.
- 5-10 years’ experience in sugar cane agriculture, responsible for managing at least 1,000 ha having demonstrated ability to lead and manage outcomes through team members.
- Able to build, develop and manage teams effectively.
- Able to capture, interpret and analyse agricultural performance data (cost, productivity &technical)
- Key Culture Attributes: Demonstrates the importance of safety, quality & teamwork; effectivelyleads and communicates because our people matter.
- Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate, interpret andrespond to changes impacting on functional area.
- Key Culture Attributes: Demonstrates the importance of safety, quality & teamwork;effectively leads and communicates because our people matter.

**Salary**: Market related + benefits

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Education**:

- Primary (required)

**Experience**:

- sugar cane agriculture: 9 years (required)


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