Job Description

Indigo Fruit Farming seeks to employ a Farm Manager to ensure overall planning, organizing, and managing all production related farm activities within all the designated business units.xc2xa0 Qualification and Experience:

• Tertiary education in the Agricultural Field.
• Minimum of 5 - 10 years proven experience in Citrus Industry.

• Good knowledge of the establishment, care, and production of citrus.xc2xa0
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work confidently in a group.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving ability.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Computer literate.
• Drivers License.

• Ensure timely and accurate execution of production tasks as communicated by and agreed with the Agricultural Manager.xc2xa0
• Measurement and collection of relevant data to provide feedback in terms of measuring efficiencies of production against protocols and planning.xc2xa0
• Measurement and evaluation of efficiencies of sprays, fertigation, pruning and irrigation, contract workers and provide feedback to the Manager.xc2xa0
• Management of stock, labour and production costs, record keeping and reports.xc2xa0
• Motivate, mentor, coach and manage a team of workers, with special reference to supervisors and scouts.xc2xa0
• Regular meetings with scouts to ensure Pest & Disease identification and management system run efficiently.xc2xa0
• communicate and motivate interventions with regards to pest, irrigation, pruning and other production related matters due to specific visual interpretation, discrepancies or deviances from the standard.xc2xa0
• Support the Regional and Agricultural Manager in achieving the production units overall objectives.xc2xa0
• Provide leadership, direction and guidance to the farming team.xc2xa0
• Ensure that quality control and compliance procedures are followed according to accreditation and management systems.xc2xa0
• Perform any reasonable duties as requested by the Agricultural Manager or his/ her designate.xc2xa0
• Manage financial and administrative tasks, such as confirmation of purchase orders, payment authorizations and budget management.