Duties and Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
• Recruiting and onboarding new growers to establish productive partnerships.
• Collecting soil samples for analysis.
• Budgeting and distributing inputs.
• Managing the parent seed program.
• Calibrating equipment and preparing land for timely planting of seed crops.
• Monitoring seed planting ratios.
• Overseeing weed management.
• Providing agronomic support services to contracted growers.
• Conducting inspections to manage pests and diseases in the seed crops.
• Strategizing and monitoring the detasseling process in seed maize.
• Overseeing harvesting and seed deliveries to the factory.
• Organizing inspections.
• Collecting seed samples for laboratory processes.
• Monitoring seed storage at farms.
• Managing grower relations on behalf of the company.


Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture, or a related field.
• 5 “O” Levels including English Language and Mathematics.
• Experience in seed crops is an advantage.

Attributes
• Must demonstrate technical competence.
• Strong people management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Result-oriented, innovative, analytical, and a team player.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work with minimal supervision.