Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGO’s in various business sectors across Africa.
Our client, a floriculture trading Company based in Nairobi is seeking to recruit a who will be responsible in leading technical function, ensuring the company acts as a support service to growers, representing the technical function internally and acting as a brand ambassador with our customers and growers. The ideal candidate Must have experience in the Floriculture sector.
Key Requirements:
- Review and maintenance of the Company Postharvest Audit.
- Review and maintenance of the Company Supplier Quality Assurance Manual & SOPs.
- Lead Technical relationships with regional customers where required.
- Develop grower auditing schedule based on risk assessment.
- Manage technical approval of new growers.
- Review industry certifications for all our growers.
- Coordinate grower visit schedule with other quality managers.
- Ensure grower visit reports are completed and submitted to GM.
- Maintain grower KPI report and review process.
- Develop Quality Improvement plans with key growers.
- Identification of new growers and varieties.
- Ensure the Company specifications are implemented.
- Create, implement and manage technical KPIs for quality team.
- Management and coaching of direct reports.
- Drive improvement in all areas of handling and cold chain.
- Packaging – Oversight with specific focus on optimising transit solutions and profitability.
- Perform any other duties as may be required by the business
Qualifications
- Degree in Horticulture, Agriculture or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in similar role (Technical Manager, Quality Manager, Auditor).
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in team management.
- Experience working and communicating directly with customers will be beneficial.
- Experience with managing a budget will be beneficial.
- Clean driving license.
- Fluent in English and Swahili, spoken and written.
- Experience with relevant certification standards (Global GAP, KFC, Fairtrade, BOPP)
- Experience with customer specification systems (Muddyboots Greenlight QC) will be beneficial.
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