Technical Manager, Agro Plant Job at Babban Gona

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Technical Manager, Agro Plant

Job Location: Northern Nigeria
Tags: agriculture, agro-plant, manager, technical manager

Job Description

• Babban Gona seeks to hire an Agro Plant Technical Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new programs to support the strategic direction of the agrochemical plant and the organization.
• Develop a budget and operating plan for the program.
• Develop an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
• Lead the production of agro-chemical products in compliance with world class standards – instilling a culture that exhibits continuous improvement regarding Safety, Quality and Cost Delivery.
• Organize agrochemical programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization.
• Write program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services.
• Manage a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities.
• Ensure goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance.
• Implement and manage changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Meet with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services.
• Produce accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.
• Analyze program risks and work on strategy to market the product.

Reporting Line:

• This position reports to the Head of Partnerships.

Required Experience

• Profound know-how in chemical assembly processes and production technologies
• Leadership experience in project coordination, agro-chemical production, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of Operational and Supply Chain Management
• Experience in collaborating with contractors, and partners
• Expertise in agro-resource management (inventories, planning and project implementation) and invasive species management (planning, identification and control).
• Ability to mentor, manage and supervise employees and interns.
• Experience in and ability to perform field work.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Access) and managing geographic databases.
• Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision – independently and as part of a team.

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

• Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

Work Location:

• Babban Gona currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria.
• This role would be based in Northern Nigeria.