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Posted 5 years ago |
Job Title: Seed Operations Lead
Location: Ntagatare, Rwanda
Team: Research and Innovations
Location Type: Field
Career Level: Professionals
Duration: Full-time job.
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Descriptions
- We are looking for a operations manager with in-depth experience in process design, health and safety, and optimizing processes for efficiency.
- Rwanda will reduce and eliminate seed imports soon and is therefore investing in domestic seed production. One Acre Fund is excited to scale domestic hybrid maize processing. Our facility will bring hybrid seed to over a million farmers and create tens of millions of dollars of impact by increased harvest for farm households.
- The operations manager will bring a wealth of expertise in process efficiency optimization and safety assurance to bring our operation to international standards. You will achieve our growth targets, at speed, to provide even more high-quality seed for Rwandan farmers.
Qualifications
This is a career–track role. We are looking for extraordinary professionals who will take One Acre Fund to the next levels of impact and scale. Candidates who fit the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business, Engineering or Science. Related masters degree is desirable (e.g. Operations Management, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, etc.).
Minimum 4 years work experience in:
- Managing large / complex operations or processing facilities
- Health and Safety protocol enforcement
- Design and optimization of physical manufacturing processes
- Data and budget management
Professional / technical skills:
- Analyze, summarize and communicate data. Excel skills particularly an asset (can maintain complex spreadsheets with advanced functions)
- Manage a complex and demanding workload and still achieve excellent results
- Leadership experience. Examples include startup experience or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business).
- Fluency English is necessary , Kinyarwanda is a plus
- Microsoft and Google Applications
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Job Features
Deadline | 17th March, 2020. |