Agronomy Manager
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Job Location:
Delmas - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Title: Agronomy Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID:41173
Purpose of Job:
Develop priorities and time frames for agronomy research and development objectives. Align agronomy objectives and priorities with Agriculture strategic plan. Devise a strategy for continuous improvement of yield and quality of process potatoes seed potatoes and sweet potatoes. Oversee dissemination of agronomy technical information. Maintain a high level of innovation. Interact with industry role players locally and abroad. Represent McCain SA on global platforms and participate when required.
Key Performance Areas:
- Determine potato (commercial and seed) and sweet potato trials and allocate responsibilities in order to increase yield and improve quality
- Oversee dissemination of agronomy technical information to potato (commercial and seed) and sweet potato Agriculture teams
- Determine sweet potato multiplication and coordinate production to adhere to raw material plan
- Strategic involvement in CSI projects
- Support South Africa Agriculture team wherever necessary
- Assist with value adding on Agri Audit App
- Coordinate potato tuber moth weevil and aphid monitoring projects for mitigation of risks on potato (commercial and seed) and sweet potato production
- Oversee value adding projects e.g. remote sensing soil moisture monitoring projects etc.
- Climate reporting
- Identify potential new varieties
- Identify potential new varieties
- Conduct variety adaptation and BMP trials and create BMP guidelines
Key Relationships:
- Internal: Potato Procurement and Supply Managers Agronomists Field Services Manager; Field Officers Trials Officers Global Agronomy Leadership team Plant Managers RMI and RMU Managers QC teams; Farm managers; Seed Store Manager
- External: Farmers Representatives of seed companies & Input suppliers Researchers DAFF registrations team Agricultural Research Council Universities
Job Holder Requirements:
- Education: MSc Agriculture. Agronomy/Crop Science/Plant Science/Soil science or related field
- Experience: Minimum 10 years in agricultural science field of which 5 years should be agronomy related in a crop production and research role
- Preferably registered as a Professional Natural Scientist with SACNASP (Natural Scientific Professions Act 27 of 2003)
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family:Agriculture
Division:South Africa
Department:Delmas Agronomy
Location(s): ZA - South Africa : Mpumalanga : Delmas
Company:McCain Foods (S Africa)
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Customer Service
- Employee Evaluation
- Management Experience
- Math
- Employment & Labor Law
- Sanitation
- Leadership Experience
- P&L Management
- Mentoring
- Supervising Experience
- Restaurant Management
About Company
McCain Foods | Our purpose - 'Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food'. We supply delicious frozen French fries, potato specialties, and appetizers to retail and foodservice customers around the globe.
