Farm Manager – Kerchanshe Trading Company
Agriculture
Kerchanshe Trading Company
As the largest producer and exporter of coffee in Ethiopia, Kerchanshe Trading has a proud history of providing quality coffees to the local and international markets. Founded on the principles of bringing fairness and transparency to the coffee value chain while satisfying customer demand, Kerchanshe is also a company with heart and vision.
Kerchanshe specializes in coffees sourced from Yirgacheffe, Lekempti, Gimbi, Djimma, and Sidamo, names that epitomise fine Arabica coffee. Since its inception 15 years ago, Kerchanshe has established a track record of fair trading and excellent customer service, and now employs over 1,250 permanent staff and 10,000 seasonal staff. Directly and indirectly, it impacts the livelihoods of over 1 million coffee growers throughout the southern and south-western coffee-cultivating regions of Ethiopia.
The passion for fine coffee is coupled with consistent reinvestment not only in improved infrastructure, technology and processes, but Kerchanshe also invests 10% of its annual profits into social responsibility programs such as building schools and providing clean water to the communities it serves
OUR VISION
To be the leader in innovation and quality among coffee producers and exporters while caring for the environment.
OUR MISSION
We are committed to providing the finest high-quality coffee beans to our customers worldwide while forging mutually beneficial relationships with the community and the environment that we live in.
QUALITY POLICY
At Kerchanshe we are highly conscious of the fact that the quality of our beans is what sets us apart.
Job Purpose:
- To oversee and manage farm operations.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Generic Duties
- Plans, leads, organizes, staffs & controls department’s overall activities,
- Designs and implements procedures, systems, and tools to maximize departmental operating efficiency,
- Assesses risks by following industry trends to ensure profitability, company survival and provide solutions,
- Coaches, mentors, and develops employees through periodic performance evaluations and ongoing performance dialogue and feedback,
- Ensures adherence to company policies and procedures and undertake disciplinary actions if the need arises
Main Duties
- Manage and oversee field(s) preparation, soils amendments, fertilization, and ground cover plan development,
- Leads irrigation and Integrated Pest management tasks,
- Monitor and implement procedures to maintain and improve farmyards quality,
- Monitor Irrigation, erosion control, trellis and irrigation installation and maintenance tasks,
- Ensure that all necessary farm equipment’s are on site and in good operating condition prior to work, supervise equipment maintenance and make sure that workers properly utilize equipment,
- Prepares plans and schedules for planting and harvesting,
- Visit the different divisions to inspect crops, livestock, and also perform tests on soil and water.
- Ensures seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and other supplies are regularly restocked.
- Monitor work environment cleanness in compliance with country, state, and federal regulations,
- Research, identify and assist in the determination of proper seeds varietals to be procured and planted,
- Work with nursery consultants to research, identify and assist in the determination of the best planting locations of the selected seed varietals,
- Research, identify and assist in the selection of trellis systems, irrigation methods, fertilization/herbicides, and predator methods of application or deterrent,
- Ensure all of predator fencing systems, trellis systems, irrigation/ fertilization systems and planting of the farmyards are asper the standard,
- Research, identify and assist in the determination of proper field equipment/ tool needs to maintain all related operations.
- Manage and oversee all planting, plant training, maintenance, fertilization, irrigation, herbicide / pesticide / predator controls systems/processes, and trellis systems and harvesting,
- Prepare, review, and submit timely reports to the relevant organ,
- Perform other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.
Qualification and Skills
- BSc or MSc in Agricultural Engineering ,Horticulture , Plant science ,Agronomy and related field of studies.
Experience:
- 10 years for BSc
- 8 years for MSc
Skills
- Leadership skills
- Problem solving skills
- Communication skills.
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