Cape Town / Johannesburg Area – South Africa: Our client is looking for a Technical Manager to join the team.
The Divisional Technical Manager for the Agriculture Division is responsible for overseeing the technical operations within the division, ensuring the efficient use of resources, equipment, and technology to optimise agricultural productivity.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Masters Diploma / NQF level 8
• Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid- management
• Up to 4 years experience in a similar role

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Insight

Has and gains insight into situations, problems and processes.
Deconstructs problems and systematically investigates the various components.
Has a complete picture of the context and overview of the whole problem.

• Influence

Uses appropriate interpersonal skills and techniques to gain acceptance for ideas or solutions.
Uses influencing strategies to gain genuine agreements. Seeks to persuade rather than force solutions or impose decisions or regulations

• Decisive

Having or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.

• Compassion

Genuinely cares about people. Is available and ready to help.
Demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others .
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Strategic focus

Understands how an organisation must change in light of internal and external trends and influences.
Keeps the big, long range picture in mind.
Builds a shared long-range organisational vision with others.
Committed to course of action to achieve long-range goals and influences others to translate vision into action.

• Leadership

Takes control of situations and events. recognises and rewards others’ performance.
Motivates, coaches and develops others.

• Control

The power to influence or direct people’s behaviour or the course of events.

• Conflict management

Brings substantial conflicts and disagreements into the open and attempts to manage them collaboratively, building consensus, keeping the best interests of the organisation in mind

• Coaching and development

Works to improve and reinforce performance of others. Takes responsibility for one’s direct reports’ performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring constructive feedback and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
Works with, coaches, and supports direct reports in developing knowledge, skills, and abilities in the interest of performance improvement and employee’s career development.

• Business acumen

Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organisation.
Knows the competition. Is aware of strategies and tactics that work in the marketplace

• Building effective teams

Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team.
Shares wins and successes.
Fosters open dialogue.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Providing expert advice

Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

• Informing

Provides information people need to know to do their jobs.
Provides individuals information so they can make accurate decisions. Is timely with information

• Communication

Clearly conveys and receives information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the listener, helps them understand and retain the message, and invites response and feedback.
Keeps others informed as appropriate.
Demonstrates good written, oral, and listening skills.

• Business performance management

Considering and evaluating overall business performance to determine where improvements can be made and how the organisation can be more effective in reaching organisational goals and achieving its strategic vision.
Includes the ability to manage, operate, monitor and report on business performance
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Oversee and manage business unit technical and operational processes, ensuring alignment with the business objectives.
• Lead divisional technical teams with a hands-on management style, providing independent oversight and guidance to the business units technical teams.
• Foster strong negotiation and relationship-building skills with suppliers and internal stake holders.
• Review and guide cost management across the business unit, ensuring optimisation and excellence.
• Ensure clear and accurate communication on all aspects relating to the technical functions with the Executive Technical Services.
• Guide and review technical elements for the annual budget, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.
• Monitor divisional operations and technical aspects, including vehicle maintenance, unplanned failures and quality.
• Oversee adherence to quality standards and legal compliance across operations.
• Conduct stock checks, oversee stock orders, and manage supplier relations to ensure quality control.
• Maintain tyre maintenance standards and supervise fleet management, including scheduling of vehicle services and tyre checks.
• Work with the Group technical team regarding fleet disposal and purchases to ensure operational efficiency.
• Carry out review of reporting, weekly and monthly, ensuring clear analytics of the key aspects raised in the reports align with the business. Provide practical, clear corrective actions to the divisional executive and management teams maintaining highest levels of quality.

ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
Email your CV to roelien@farmmanagersa.co.za or upload to this specific position