Our client who sets the benchmark of fruit produce globally is currently recruiting for a production manager to manage the production of exporting quality grapes.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum a Diploma in Agriculture or equivalent
• 5 years minimum, understanding of citrus agriculture
• Understands basic HR
• Fluent in English and Afrikaans
• No criminal record
• Good physical health
• Overtime may be required on occasion

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Management of labour
• Planning
• Costing/Budgeting
• Production
• Issues verbal and written instructions to production labour teams
• Completes forms and documents
• Manages time and attendance for labour teams
• Identifies and operates a number of different tools
• Supervises, checks and corrects work
• Trains labour teams
• Reads and plans work programmes
• Evaluates labour productivity
• Identifies and reports potential safety and security issues
• Uses own judgement to manage staff
• Estimates and schedules labour
• Inputs into costs and budgets – has knowledge of prices and quantities
• Manages irrigation programmes
• Manages fertilizer programmes
• Manages pest control programmes
• Manages weed and fungus control programmes
• Estimates harvest per hectare
• Monitors use of and knows how to use farming equipment and machinery
• Supervises all steps of the production process including planting, fertilizing, harvesting, and packing
• Selects and employs labour
• Manages labour discipline
• Makes recommendations to senior manager based on observations in the field