Job Title: General Manager
Department: Admin
- Plan finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parameters.
- Oversee practical activities, such as driving tractors, operating machinery, feeding livestock or spraying fields.
- Ensure overall production targets are met
- Marketing of products
- Thorough planning on preventive maintenance and repair of farm buildings, machinery and equipment
- Plan activities for trainee staff, mentoring and monitoring them
- Maintain and monitor the quality of yield, whether livestock or crops
- Understand the implications of the weather and make contingency plans
- Ensure current government regulations concerning farm activities are complied with
- Ensure that farm activities comply with government regulations
- Monitor animal health and welfare, including liaising with vets
- Apply health and safety standards across the farm estate
- Protect the environment and maintaining biodiversity
- Keep financial records up to date.
Previous hands-on farming experience and technical knowledge are as important as academic qualifications hold at least a degree or foundation degree in agriculture or a related subject such as:
- Highly versed on Poultry production and Dressing Plant processes
- Agricultural engineering
- Farm business management
- Veterinary Medicine
- Willing to travel abroad
At least Five years recent experience as Senior Management Level General Manager in an integrated Poultry Farm. (Layers/Egg production, hatchery, breeders, chicken dressing plant, etc.)
Personal Qualities
- High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.
- Superior interpersonal abilities. Ability to get along with people at all levels.
- Good reasoning abilities. Sound judgment.
- Good communication skills.
- Resourceful and well organized.
- Ability to establish credibility and be decisive.
- Organizational and time-management skills
- The ability to work under pressure
- Supervisory skills and management ability
- Numerical aptitude
- Willingness to be outside in all weathers and patience to undertake all sorts of practical, sometimes repetitive jobs
- A full driving license
- Self-motivation, with the ability to motivate others
- Larger-scale business awareness
- Marketing skills
- Negotiation skills
- Genuine commitment to farming
- Good technical knowledge
- A good understanding of modern farming methods
- A commitment to animal welfare
- An understanding of the ways in which farming impacts the environment.
REQUIRMENTS:
Interested applicants may submit application letter, resume, and transcript of records.
RECRUITMENT TEAM:
Corporate People Management Department
1st Road, Calumpang, General Santos City
For Inquiries, look for Ms. Remedios G. Sigarra
E-mail address: rgsigarra@rdcorp.com.ph
Tel.no. 63 (83) 554 3173 local 227
DEADLINE: ASAP