Technical Manager, Agro Plant at Babban Gona

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Manager, Agro Plant

Location: Northern Nigeria
Tags: agriculture, agro-plant, manager, technical manager

Job Description

Babban Gona seeks to hire an Agro Plant Technical Manager

Key Responsibilities

Lead the production of agro-chemical products in compliance with world class standards – instilling a culture that exhibits continuous improvement regarding Safety, Quality and Cost Delivery.
Organize agrochemical programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization.
Develop new programs to support the strategic direction of the agrochemical plant and the organization.
Develop a budget and operating plan for the program.
Develop an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
Write program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services.
Manage a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities.
Ensure goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance.
Implement and manage changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
Meet with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services.
Produce accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.
Analyze program risks and work on strategy to market the product.

Reporting Line:

This position reports to the Head of Partnerships.

Required Experience

Profound know-how in chemical assembly processes and production technologies
Leadership experience in project coordination, agro-chemical production, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Knowledge of Operational and Supply Chain Management
Experience in collaborating with contractors, and partners
Expertise in agro-resource management (inventories, planning and project implementation) and invasive species management (planning, identification and control).
Ability to mentor, manage and supervise employees and interns.
Experience in and ability to perform field work.
Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Access) and managing geographic databases.
Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks.
Ability to work with little or no supervision – independently and as part of a team.

Start Up Environment:

Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

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