Key responsibilities:
General
- Planning, coordinating and supervising all propagation activities
- Schedule and managed the plant propagation personnel and maintain detailed records to track crops and propagation methods.
- Responsible for planning grafting schedule and requesting budwoods from clients based on orders as needed.
- Manage the team to maintain liner stock and oversee planting maintenance and cultural needs
- Supervise, instruct and train the team
- Solve irrigation and greenhouse issues for production scheduling for future crop planning.
- Ensure that the propagation targets are met; quality, reject rates, success rates.
- Develop programmes for the root stock to ensure availability throughout the season.
- Crop protection: Developing and implementing effectively the Company Integrated Crop Management Systems (ICM).
- Climatic control: Ensure that all climatic controls are in optimum working order
- Crop nutrition: Develop and implement the drenching, misting and feeding programmes
- Ensure audit compliance in areas related to GAPs and environmental audits
- Managing propagation teams and ensuring that all employees in propagation are trained on their responsibilities.
- Preparation of propagation budget, implementation and control.
- Preparation of Propagation reports/ Developing and ensuring the propagation QMS manual is in place and up to date.
- Responsible for the safety and maintenance of all equipment and facilities in the unit
Customer
- Coordinate schedule of plant orders and deliveries to the schedule and send to the customers.
Manage any other tasks deemed necessary or recommended by the General Manager.
Key competencies
- Attention to detail
- Client, quality and results oriented
- Computer literate
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Educated to degree level in relevant field, with 1-2 years’ experience in similar role
- BSc in Horticulture or a related field
- A minimum of 2years of management experience in a horticultural field
- Good communication and management skills
- Experience in irrigation is desired, but not essential.
- Must have the physical ability to cut and gather cutting stock, lift plants and materials as well as perform other basic nursery tasks.
- Experience in industry certification