General Manager

Job Description : GENERAL MANAGER, DAIRY FARM(EXPATRIATE) Location: Sagamu, Ogun State. Qualification: A Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Graduate OR Degree in an Agricultural / related discipline Requirements 1. Offer recommendations to optimize business performance in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure and strategy. 2. Offer business and technical advice across all key areas of a Dairy Farm start up project (pre , during and post setup) , and not limited to budgeting , planning , designing , construction, equipment procurement , herd management , milk production , storage and transportation etc.. 3. Review the existing start-up project plan to assess the pros / cons of set strategies. 4. Review the existing start-up project budget, and share observations. 5. Plan and implement project milestones. 6. Evaluate and recommend process improvement initiatives for Dairy Farm & Arable Farm (operational and production areas). 7. Share project status / risk reports regularly with the Management for review. 8. Support design and construction phase with guidelines that ensure that the right man-machine-animal matrix is in place. 9. Define project milestones and provide guidelines on constructions that facilitate future animal welfare, cow flow and manure handling and provide directions on financial analysis. Other Requirements 1. Minimum 25 year experience in Dairy Farm Management with global experience. 2. Experience of Operational and Administrative running of a Dairy Farm. 3. Experience of leadership roles with overall accountability for the budget , business management and profitability of a Dairy Farm. 4. Successful track record of setting up Dairy Farm startup’s (minimum 3000 cow’s). 5. Prior experience in Dairy Farm designing and construction must. 6. Prior experience in contract management of third parties in a start up Dairy project – Designing & Construction companies and Equipment suppliers. 7. Knowledge of Cow nutrition, health & fertility, forage production , milking , storage and transportation of fresh milk. 8. Experience of installing milking line’s and storage tanks added advantage. 9. Experience of managing logistics and transportation in a Dairy farm preferred. 10. Experience of managing Arable Farm ( Crop / silage production ) added advantage and creating training programs for dairy farm workforce. 11. Experience of working in a diverse multicultural work place is an added advantage and Knowledge of relevant HSE ( Health , Safety and Environment for Dairy Farm.

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