Forestry Nursery Manager

Sunshine Seedling Services, part of the TWK Group, has the following vacancy available: Forestry Nursery Manager at Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Plan the timber sowing with the assistance of the forestry director
- Order seed to ensure no breaks in production
- Check the quality of seeding when sowing
- Blanking and sorting timber
- Monthly stock take and comparing sales / orders and stocks
- Check stock levels to ensure orders are ready on time
- Grow seedlings to be ready as specific times to meet orders
- Check quality of plants for dispatching
- Ensure plants are sized and sorted before dispatching
- Follow up with customers on orders and sales
- Monthly reporting
- Assist in the administration of dispatching
- Coordinate deliveries
- Coordinate the dispatching of clonal material with the timber seedlings, ensuring the customer received plants according to the customer’s specific requirement
- Draw up budget for annual production, sales and costing
- Regular customer visits to build and develop relationships
- Capture orders and do confirmation of orders
- Manage the blanking team
- Draw up maintenance schedules
- Perform ISO audits, inspections

**Qualifications and Skills**
- Matric / Grade 12
- Diploma / Degree in Forestry, Horticulture or Agriculture
- 3-5 years working experience in the forestry or nursery industry
- Ability to speak isiZulu and Afrikaans (advantageous)
- Valid driver’s license
- Valid passport for travelling to neighboring countries
- Willing to travel to see customers
- Willing to work overtime
- Ability to learn and work under pressure
- Ability to endorse the organisation's product quality and services