Job Description

Sugar Cane Production Manager - Durban Full job description We are looking for a Farm Manager who will drive operational excellence by making informed trade-offs and driving initiatives that will deliver greatest possible yields at optimal cost and quality levels Your Key Responsibilities will be : Adopt and embed agreed best practices, frameworks, minimum standards and processes for all aspects of crop production (and removal where relevant) Contribute to reviewing Standards and operating procedures to sustainably improve yield and financial performance Achieve yield forecasts (together with farm supervisors), ensuring that farming (and crop removal where relevant) activities are prioritised and planned in a systematic and cost effective way to optimise profitability Provide alignment between Crop Production Farms plans and Factory production Crush plans to achieve budget cane volumes and quality in line with S&OP Coordinate and approve annual crop production and harvest plans with farm managers, including crop establishment and husbandry across estate Develop, monitor and manage cane production budget and resource plan, with inputs from farm managers and service departments Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding strong performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required Develop and implement a programme to Identify and address problems and improvement opportunities with Farm Managers Identify and implement sustainability initiatives such land and water conservation to prevent soils erosion, soil degradation, pollution and invasive weeds and to improve water footprint and quality, Drive synergies across the group, effectively partnering with optimisation function and group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for optimisation Provide input into business cases for key capital projects in Agriculture and support delivery Oversee effective talent and performance management, and build a strong leadership team and talent pipeline within crop production, by coaching, mentoring and guiding farm supervisors Identify and monitor KPIs and balanced scorecards, track performance and flag any issues with individuals Promote and adhere to Illovos procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Must have : South African ID South African Degree or Agricultural Degree Must have managed a 1000 ha of sugar cane production Must have managed Farm Managers Must have managed Farming and Production Staff High acumen for numbers and budgeting High CAPEX projects list

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