Farm Director

Role Summary:

Lead, direct and control the activities of the Company so that it achieves its short and long-term financial and operating objectives as set by the overall corporate business plan. Establish policies and procedures for the farm based on overall vision, direction and strategy set by board of directors.

Job Responsibilities:

• Establish, monitor and evaluate the business performance indices of the farm such as production stability, product quality, resource use efficiency, cost control, sales revenue, profits and cashflow.
• Coordinate production planning with sales pipeline to ensure production target and quality are met. Develop risk management and mitigation measures to deal with operational uncertainties.
• Propose, implement and refine new measures to improve business performance indices.
• Lead, recruit, and develop an operations team along with roles and responsibilities to ensure that the organisation achieves it business objectives and complies with all relevant regulations and laws.
• Develop and optimise day-to-day operations and processes.
• Develop internal capabilities and knowledge base of the team through learning from suppliers and other in-house resources.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum Degree in Engineering, Science or Business
• Minimum 10 years of working experience in the senior management role.
• Dealt with all levels of employees from workers to degree holders to senior management
• Experience in a food-related production operations
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Experience working in the agri-tech or agriculture industry operations will be an advantage.
• Experience as a General Manager overseeing, monitoring, and evaluating business performance will be an added advantage.