Agriculture Farm Manager

**Agriculture** **Farm Manager - Potato Growing Specialist**.

**Job Description: Operational Responsibilities**:

- **Understanding the full cycle of potato growing.**
- Oversee the day-to-day farm operations;
- Plans finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parameters;
- Develop, plan and actualize clear, reasonable and sustainable short, medium, and long-term visions and business plans for agriculture farms;
- Coordinates growing activities with those of engineering, equipment maintenance, packing houses and other related departments;
- Confers with purchasers and arranges for sale of crops;
- Records information, such as production, farm management practices, and parent stock, and prepares related reports;
- Analyzes soil, water and compost to determine type and quantity of fertilizer required for maximum production;
- Have knowledge on soil regeneration and implementing the techniques;
- Through knowledge and experience in organic farming, permaculture, hydroponics green house, fruit trees and open field production;
- Connect and engage with local and regional suppliers to understand the market and products
- Inspects equipment to ensure proper functioning;
- Inspects orchards and fields to determine maturity dates of crops or to estimate potential crop damage from weather;
- Plans and directs development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics;
- Help in purchase identification of machinery, equipment and supplies such as tractors, seed, fertilizer and chemicals;
- Enforces safety regulations and creates policies and procedures;
- Knowledge on package house process and procedure;
- Responsible to achieve set target of yield and quality as per KPI and budget.
- Maintain and monitor the quality of yield and crops;
- Maintain knowledge of pests and diseases and an understanding of how they spread and how to treat them;
**Managerial Responsibilities**:

- Set the required KPIs to monitor financial and technical performance and maintain farm progress against budget parameters;
- Ensure that farm activities comply with government regulations;
- Understand the implications of the weather and make contingency plans;
- Plan training activities for new employees and existing team and monitor and mentoring the team performance;
- Help in create flow chart and SOPs of the farm and all farm activities, and in implementing GAP and other standards as per management requirement.
- Evaluates financial statements and makes budget proposals;
- Participates in hiring, performance management, transferring and promoting workers;
- Plan and manage all farm activities against set KPI’s;
- Responsible to deliver the daily weekly standard report as per requirement.
- Protect the environment and maintaining biodiversity;

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vaalwater, Limpopo: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- full cycle of potato growing: 7 years (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)