Senselet: Senselet Food Processing is a start-up company, looking for ambitious, eager-to-learn and talented employees who want to take responsibility and accountability in actively build our company and brands. Senselet is a Dutch-owned company making potato-based snacks and food products for the Ethiopian market and aims to become a leading food processing company. Currently, our modern processing facility, using the latest European processing technology, is located in Tulofa (65 km from Addis Ababa).
Targets and deliverables
Execution of Senselet’s smallholder program
Manage and supervise Agronomists
Execute the monitoring of performance of potato producers through farm visits and inspections (production schedule, diseases, harvest, etc)
Advise potato producers on agronomical practices, diseases and other
Supervise the quality control and assurance of potatoes before transport to factory and upon arrival at factory
Execute Training of other agronomists and farmers on potato production
Participating in potato related workshops and meetings
Manage contracts and relationships of stakeholders in the sector
All other tasks assigned by supervisor
Job Requirement
Requirements
Education: relevant degree in agronomy, horticulture or agriculture and related
Experience: minimum 3 years of relevant practical work experience for a private organization in horticulture.
Technical skills: good in Amharic and English (speaking and writing), analytically strong (problem solving), strong communications skills, good technical skills (ploughing, planting, disease recognition, fertilizers, chemicals, irrigation, harvesting, storage, logistics) in horticulture (e.g. potato, tomato, vegetables).
Social skills: serious and hard-working, eager to learn, good feedback mentality, result oriented, taking responsibility and accountability, good in building and maintaining relations with farmers and others.
Entrepreneurial skills: flexible and autonomous working, enthusiastic and willing to travel.