Regional Production Manager (South Africa) Field Technicians, Drivers, Demo Plot Teams To produce sufficient quality parent seed of maize, sorghum, ground nuts, sugar beans, cowpeas, soya bean, pearl millet and finger millet in the required volumes for seed productions for sale in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia. Ensure high quality demonstration plots for advertising in Harare province totaling 33 sites. Planting and management of trial sites of various crops for research in some Northern areas of country 1. Ensures production targets (quality and volume) are achieved cost-effectively and on a sustainable basis;
2. Manages then recruitment of growers and monitors the performance of the same;
3. Ensures growers deliver seed and are paid for all deliveries;
4. Implements and maintains sound people management and development practices to ensure a productive team;
5. Drives innovation, use and adoption of technology and best practice in parent seed production;
6. Ensures compliance with Government and company policies & procedures in parent seed production;
7. Proposes, develops, and implements annual budget plans and manages the same to ensure it is to agreed cost, time and performance standards;
8. Performs any other duties as assigned by superiors.
  On site crop inspections x 45
On crop inspections x 30+
On-site inspection
Laboratory report
Trials on-site inspection

Demos on-site inspection

   Report review
Field visits
Meetings
   Seasonal land requirements
 Seasonal crop growing inputs requirements
 Daily crop requirements: irrigation scheduling, weeding, fertilization etc.
 Seasonal demonstration planning: crops and technical data
 Seasonal regional travel
 Submit weekly reports
 Undertake grower visits
 Make available grower payment in time
 Prepare delivery schedule to warehouse    A minimum B.Sc. Agriculture    Masters in Crop Science/ Agronomy/ equivalent
 Masters in Business Administration
   5 years   Must understand genetics to a high level;
 Must understand how a plant works and how this relates to yield;
 Must have a good grasp of trial evaluation and biometrical analysis;
 Must be competent in land and crop management practices;
 Must understand what the farmer/client wants in the company�s products ;
 Must understand production of the crops and how to make production easier for work peers;
 Must understand the problems and challenges being faced by the farmer in their everyday cropping programs in order to understand what direction to take to produce the best product for the market;
 Must have proven team leadership skills;
 Must be highly organised and able to lead different work team simultaneously;
 Must be able to coach and mentor employees;
 Experience in business improvement or process implementation is required;
 Conflict handling and negotiation skills are a must;
 Must be able to work with minimum supervision;
 Computer literacy (MS Office, MS Project) is essential amongst others.
  Decides which farms and growers to use for productions
 Decides which plants are suitable for production
 Decides if farmer has maintained crop to required standard
 Decides if chemicals, fertiliser and finance are required for release to grower
 Decides if crop is to be processed for production or condemned
 Decides which seed lots to treat and in when for commercial seed productions
 Decides which demo sites to be used
 Decides when to establish the demos and how they are to be managed including fertiliser and chemical applications.
 Decides with farmer growing trials for research including where and when to plant
 Decides when and where farmers can make seed deliveries of parent seed ready for processing.
 Decide on grower visit schedule  Time isolations of same crop types for production
 Management of spraying programs for pests and diseases
 Timing of irrigation
 Labour management and distribution
 Maintaining high standards of crop husbandry on all production sites ad working with farmers to achieve this

Job evaluation subgrade: E