Agricultural Field Supervisor - Kisumu

Job summary

Provide technical agricultural extension services and guidance/support to Kenya Brewery Ltd's LRM growers and value chain actors to ensure timely delivery of competitively priced brewing local raw materials in required quantities and desired quality.

Responsibilities

• Recruit growers and acreage to deliver agreed tonnage of cereals and other brewing starch sources (as tasked from time to time) of desired quantity and quality mainly sorghum.
• Source raw materials in the most cost-effective manner at the same time keeping a good eye on quality.
• Identify and mitigate local raw material sourcing risks inclusive of short, mid, and long-term horizons.
• Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers including diverse suppliers as well as devise strategies to develop/empower the suppliers.
• Deploy digital farming platforms to ensure smallholder farmers have accurate records and traceability is guaranteed in our sourcing regions.
• Provide technical agriculture extension services and post-harvest handling training to growers of the required brewing cereals and other brewing starch sources as tasked from time to time
• Work with relevant stakeholders, partners and value chain actors to ensure set targets are met on timely basis and carry out assessments to determine potential yields, adequacy / deficits and storage needs
• Ensure timely reporting and proper management of company assets
• Implement and operate a safety agenda, risk assessment with mitigation plans and ensure full compliance of all local and applicable Diageo policies.
• Ensure company policies that relate to the agribusiness operations are fully explained and understood by local government authorities and community leaders

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