Production Manager (Blueberries / Farm Management / Planning / Team Management / Reporting / SIZA / GLOBAL GAP)
United Exports
- Brits, North West
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Strong team leader with good leadership traits in order to motivate teams
- Ensure compliance with all audit and legislation requirements
- Implement horticultural best practices to ensure production targets are achieved, as agreed upon and instructed by the Estate Manager
- Contribute to implementing the overall business strategic planning; develop and set plans to streamline the OZblu overall business strategy
- Inspect production areas to determine harvesting and pruning dates, considering block targets as identified in the strategic plan
- Assist newly employed employees with induction and integration into the team
- Ensure quality assurance as per the OZblu Standard as guided by Grower Success team
- Ensure compliance to the company’s policies, procedures and practices
- 5 years’ relevant farm production experience, from land development to harvesting and farm maintenance
- Experience with compliance, e.g. Global G.A.P and SIZA, is an advantage
- A relevant tertiary degree in agriculture and/or horticulture
- Non-Negotiable: 3-5 years’ relevant farm production experience in a similar role in either blueberries or a similar soft fruit
- Horticultural practices and a technical understanding of fruit production functions
- Strong computer literacy: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
- Strong planning and coordination skills. Strong people management, relationship building and interpersonal relations skills
- Good communication skills, verbal and written
- Previous experience working for a large scale export production environment
- Experience with compliance, e.g. Global G.A.P, SIZA is an advantage