Deputy Director for Horticulture Full-time Job

Main objective:

Overall management of the gardens. Monitoring the quantity and quality of fruits on plantations. Making decisions for optimal fruit quality.

Responsibilities:

- Control of horticultural farms located in different regions of Uzbekistan

- Determination and supervision of the optimal period for harvesting

- Monitoring of fruit harvesting, processing, storage, and transport

- Close collaboration with agricultural engineers regarding orchard maintenance

- Regular control of irrigation systems and fruit plant health

- Decision-making to improve quality, optimize yields, and minimize losses

- Evaluation of effectiveness of pest and disease control, development and monitoring of protection and fertilization strategies

- Preparing and controlling reports on yield and production for general director

- Optimizing planting dates to enhance quality and productivity

- Preparing and organizing production plan, crop plans, etc.

Required Skills/Abilities:

- University or agricultural higher education

- Strong and documented theoretical knowledge about horticulture, plant nutrition and fertilization, cultivation technology of pome, stone and nuts fruits

- Minimum of 3-5 years professional experience managing pome and stone orchards is mandatory. At least 1 year practical experiences as Horticultural Farms Director is desirable

- Strong in horticulture

- Understanding of modern trends in horticulture

- Knowledge about agricultural regulations, certification like Global Gap.

- Deep experience of horticultural, agronomy

- Advanced knowledge of planning and forecasting the production process and its indicators, organizing the process, and preparing accurate reports

- Knowledge of principles of working with equipment used in fruit industry

- Communication and Management Skills – communicate professionally and tactfully, working effectively within a group and leading projects/people

- Independent – possess the capacity to work with minimal supervision and ability to anticipate needs and take appropriate initiative

- Able to cope in a technically driven environment

- Goal-oriented individual

- English (advantage).

Conditions:

- Competitive market-based salary. Salary is defined upon the outcome of the interview.

- Bonus: KPI and outcome-related annual payment.

The agricultural cluster «AGRIPA GROUP» was established in 2002, specializes in agricultural production and food industry. Since its foundation, the company is one of the main manufacturers of export-oriented products of fruit and vegetable segment in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Our product is exported to CIS, Baltic, European countries and China.