Agriculture & Seeds Manager, Africa & Trading

Job description

• Lead the Egypt Agriculture & Seed team (2 direct Reports + 4 Agronomists) Ensure On Time in Full (OTIF) delivery of required tomato and pepper supply from partner farmers
• Provide procurement with insights to support contract negotiations with farmers
• Develop and implement regional agriculture strategy focused on grower optimization and transforming the farming system to improve predictability, productivity, cost, quality and sustainability.
• Lead the seeds development strategy and process
• Lead the Seeds Sales commercial strategy, to meet annual sales targets
• Set the seeds pricing policy for Heinz Seed in Egypt
• Define the short (1-year) medium (3-5 years) and long-term (5+ years) Heinz Seed variety portfolio for Egypt in close alignment with Heinz Seed Regional and Global leadership, operations, R&D and other functions as needed to deliver on the Heinz growth strategy and functional productivity targets.

Accountable for the contracting process with new customers, working with seeds operations manager Accountable for seeds sales forecast to global, providing seeds forecast to the seeds operations manager

• Oversee demand generation trial execution and organize grower demand generation events as needed
• Lead the Agriculture & Seed Monthly Performance Review (MPR)
• Ensure implementation of the traceability system and sustainability certification
• Report on all KPIs as required Compliance with all responsibilities related to supplier guiding principles, occupational safety, health and environmental protection as specified by Kraft Heinz
• Bachelors in plant science, agriculture, agronomy, or related field with seven (7) years of hands-on experience in tomato or similar crop production and two (2) years in a management position.

You must have a passion for production agriculture and activities for improvement in the field Good command of the English language Very results oriented and relentless drive for excellence Competency in computer skills including Microsoft Officer 365 Suite (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint) Communication skills and presentations Ability to work independently and self-manage to achieve objectives on time Physical demands include but are not limited to Ability to engage in physical farming activities.

Ability to work outdoors in all seasons.