Production Manager – Flowers – Timau at AAA Growers
Job Description
Job Summary
The Production Manager – Flowers will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing flower production operations at the Timau site to ensure optimal yields, high-quality standards, and efficient use of resources. The role involves managing production teams, implementing production plans, and ensuring compliance with quality, health, safety, and environmental standards. This position is ideal for an experienced floriculture professional with strong production and people management skills
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Staff
- To ensure that the field managers working in the section allocate daily work targets to staff and record performance of all team members
- To ensure that all labour in the section is effective and efficient and that all staff achieve the recommended daily tasks.
- To maintain staff discipline and welfare in accordance with the company policy.
Planning
- To plan all the farm/section operations for the month, week, and day in consultation with the farm manager.
- To ensure that all crop husbandries ie land preparation, planting, weeding, irrigation and spraying etc are done to the highest possible standard.
- To confirm all picking predictions done by picking supervisors.
- To ensure that produce is picked on time, handled carefully and is of high quality in accordance with the packhouse standards.
- To co-ordinate produce shading and transport to the packhouse
- To communicate with packhouse daily and make regular visit to confirm quality issues
Audits/ standards
- To ensure the company field operations adhere to customer standards (as per audit guidelines)
- Handle and address any deviation on standards (customer responses
Record keeping
- To ensure that various team leaders, scouts and supervisors keep accurate records of all operations carried out in the section.
Irrigation
- To check and plan irrigation according to weather and stage of each crop
- Monitor flashing on weekly basis on drippers and main lines
- Checking EC/PH gets into the crop in consultation with the farm manager
- To make sure irrigation maintenance records are updated.
Crop Protection
- Follow up with scarab scouting system to make sure pest and diseases are identified at early stages
- Program spray with the person in charge of spray in consultation with the farm manager
- Records of scouting and spray are updated as required daily/weekly/monthly.
- Calibration records of spray pump and nozzles
- Re-entry intervals must be followed as per the chemical class
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the immediate supervisor
Educational Qualifications, Experience, & Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, or a related field
- Postgraduate training in production or operations management is an added advantage
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, or a related field
- Postgraduate training in production or operations management is an added advantage
- Minimum of 5–8 years’ experience in flower production or horticultural management
- Experience working in large-scale commercial flower farms
- Prior experience in export-oriented floriculture operations is an advantage
