Post Harvest Lead

Manage all post-harvest processes including fruit reception, quality control, storage, extraction, washing, drying, weighing, labelling, packing, generation of shipment documents, and dispatch for shipment to ensure timely delivery of required quality and quantity of hybrid seeds in line with GSPP requirements.

• Manage all aspects of post-harvest activities: fruit reception and storage, quality control, extraction, washing, drying, weighing, labelling, seed storage, packing, generation of shipment documents, and timely communication with Logistics Planner for dispatch.
• Manage computer programs and documentation used within post-harvest and production phases.
• Implement strategy ensuring genetic purity, full traceability, and preservation of items throughout extraction process.
• Ensure integrity of seed storage, stock levels, bio-lock on seed store, and track/trace seeds entering/exiting home farm and third party.
• Ensure machines and equipment are fully operational, liaise with Engineering for maintenance.
• Ensure documentation, communication, and destruction of excess stock seeds in liaison with Global Production Crop Strategist, field production manager, and production leads.
• Ensure seed samples for each variety/number for ToBRFV and other disease samples to KEPHIS are well kept.
• Manage SRA and SLA third-party contracts, ensure timely third-party shipment document approvals and requisition of shipment details including batch numbers.
• Ensure safety of parent lines stock material for P&S tomato and third-party watermelons, squash, and pepper with timely deliveries and dispatch.
• Adhere to HSE and GSPP rules/protocols, champion HSE and Phyto sanitation.
• Undertake any other assignments as assigned by management.

• Msc in agriculture/horticulture/agronomy/crop protection/biology
• Minimum of 4 to 5 years relevant experience in similar or related field.
• Analytical skills – Affinity with numbers and keen to detail.
• Organizational and communication skills – Manage the department proactively, connect with internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of physiological aspects of tomato production and basic knowledge of pests and disease symptom recognition.
• People management – Lead, manage, Coach and train the post-harvest team.
• Understanding of basic agriculture, horticulture, agronomical knowledge.
• Understanding of basic seed technology.
• Ability to handle machines used in post-harvest department.
• Detailed administrative skills.
• Understanding of MS-office and especially MS-Excel, Smart-sheet and Power BI.
• Collaborate – Connect with the team, internal and external stakeholders; listen to other ideas to improve activities within the department.
• Curiosity – Ask questions, have an open-mind and constantly ask "why", reach out to different stakeholders and literature.
• Accountable – Own results – good or bad, apply mitigating actions seek assistance and driven to achieve production targets.
• Courageous - Create an environment where the employees can experiment, take calculated risks, make mistakes and learn from the mistakes without retaliation.
• Embrace the Continuous Improvement working spirit.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Communication: understand employees and proactively manage a team.
• Data Integrity.