Farm Manager

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Accountabilities

• Develops long term plan for crop rotation, weed management, fertilization regime in consultation with trailing Technical Leads (TL) and Technical Field Scientists (TFS).
• Conduct regular meetings with TL’s and TFS’s to ensure proper planning of all agronomic practices and alignment with other functions.
• Supervises and directs execution of a monthly and weekly work plan which includes irrigation, planting, cultivation, and maintenance applications.
• Maintains written records of all major farm operations and ensures availability of needed stock of fertilizers, seeds, special supplies, and chemical standards required for trial activities.
• Follow up and put plan with the nurseries to ensure production and timely delivery of quality seedling for trials.
• Keeps weekly time sheet for all farm staff according to station requirements.
• For products entering or leaving the Knowledge center stores, establishes inventory and maintains records on arrival and issues delivery notes when they are transferred out.
• Ensures all maintenance of machinery and equipment’s is carried out according to schedule and all equipment’s are 100% operationally safe and ensures that persons assigned to work with the equipment are trained and competent to operate it correctly
• Maintains all station assets (incl. buildings) in good condition and according to Syngenta safety standards
• Implement and Ensure compliance with Syngenta HSE requirements and local regulations within own area of supervision.
• Deliver CapEx projects according to the agreed plan and budget. Ensure proper stakeholder involvement to meet quality and HSE requirements.
• Acts as chemigation champion for the drip irrigation center of excellence for Region AME.
• Ensure that all operations under direct control comply with Syngenta Health, Safety & Environment policies and guidelines as well as any other relevant Syngenta or statutory policies
• Provide competent advice to trialling teams on proper crop management.
• Follow up compliant and provide details and summery on any evolving issue.
• Establish good relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, e.g., Distributers, Grower organizations, Growers, etc.
• Arrange demonstration days inside the CPD Knowledge Centre in Amman / Jordan and outside the site to train internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical knowledge

•           Sound understanding of agronomy

•           Indepth knowledge of irrigation/chemigation practices

•           Excellent communication skills for sound conduct of training courses

Critical experience

•          Proven leadership ability 

•          Track record of delivery

•           Recognised technical expertise in farm operation

•          Identify opportunities, recognize threats and to be pro-active (problem identification and solving)

•          Innovative mindset

•          Results driven

•         Report writing and interpretation

•          Planning and organizing

•          Adaptability and flexibility

Critical leadership capabilities

•         Coaching

•         Customer focused

•        Trusted

•         Team oriented