Leaf Officer

Responsibilities

Operations/ Professional/ Business

• Timely prepare crop plan for his/her area of operation, starting from farmer contracting to tobacco markets, Obtaining approval from line manager before execution.
  
• Timely prepare, obtain approval from the (Area Leaf Manager) ALM, implement, and continuously monitor a crop action plans to produce the agreed quality, quantity, and cost of tobacco leaf.
  
• Timely evaluate and communicate to the (Area Leaf Manager) progress on the approved action plan and leaf centre objectives to enable timely, effective, and efficient decision making.
  
• Provide professional technical guidance and assistance to the extension contractor and farmers to enable them to grow high quality and quantity of tobacco for maximum returns to the farmers
  
• Continuously evaluate competitor activity and put in place proactive mitigating measures to maintain competitive advantage.
  
• Disseminate as appropriate company policy on Growing Tobacco to farmers and the community for good corporate image.
  
• Implement, supervise and ensure compliance by all direct and indirect reports on all company guidelines and policies (EH&S, afforestation, SoBC, Procurement, General Standing Instructions, Fleet, IT, Accounting etc).
  

Management

• Effectively supervise loan issued to farmers to ensure crop quality and quantity objectives are met while minimising risk of loan defaulting.
  
• Identify, evaluate and manage business risks within the supervision units' environment, implementing short- and long-term management measures while obtaining necessary approvals from the (Area Leaf Manager).
  

Leadership

• Train, develop and motivate all staff to ensure optimal individual output.
  

Relationship

• Identify community development projects in the area in liaison with the local leadership, communicate the same and supervise the implementation of those approved.
  
• On a continuous basis manage employee welfare in the supervision unit.
  

Innovation

• Continuously evaluate current practices in supervision unit to identify and recommend possible areas of improvement.