Job brief

Goldtree Sierra Leone is a diversified and dynamic agriculture company based and headquartered at Daru. With 10,000 Organic RSPO Certified Palm Oil Farmers, and 8,000 ha of owned palm farms and forestry.

We operate all over Sierra Leone with growth and sustainability key to our strategic plan. We are focused on excellence in all we do.

We are looking for a graduate, with large company operations experience.

You will have cut your teeth working in complex environments and succeeded in managing a range of difficult projects. Who has worked in fast moving and complicated multidisciplinary environments. Capable of working to strict project deadlines, critical pathways, large teams and delivering results on time results driven, details and robust, you will complete tasks and have a positive solution led attitude.

You are a people person; you know how to get people to do what you need - caring and diligent -you will be expert at planning and arranging peoples key performance indicators and managing dashboards of data and information. You will be comfortable having many departmental managers’ report their data and information to you, which you will compile and report on.

You are data focused and have an eye for detail and reporting and recording information correctly.

You will have exceptional written and organisational skills, willing to work from Daru in a company house, and remotely as required, spending weekends as needed in Freetown if you live there- reporting to our board of directors and executive management team monthly.

There is optionality to grow with the business and move up the management ladder.

 

Operational Administration Manager Responsibilities

· Oversee cost-effective manufacturing operations for a range of irrigation and agricultural hardware products.

· Deliver to productivity targets within allocated budgets

· Liaise with suppliers, stakeholders, senior management, and contractors.

· Distribute responsibilities across departments, building efficiencies and utilising available manpower to improve results.

· Conduct workforce training and development.

· Supervise a range of skilled and unskilled workers.

· Ensure quality controls and equipment maintenance programs are enforced.

· Develop, implement, and enforce company OH&S standards in line with relevant legislation.

· Monitor and report on KPIs.

· Improve business processes You will need:

 

Operational Administration Manager Requirements

· Tertiary qualifications in management.

· At least 5 years' working

experience

in

large company operations.

· Proven leadership skills.

· Experience in negotiation and building relationships with suppliers.

· Computer skills and reporting experience.

· Motivation to drive continuous improvement processes and ensure that capacity is maximized.

· Ability to manage a dynamic and changing workforce, as well as being able to work extremely well under pressure.

· Dedication to the details, from budget management to locating inefficiencies.

· A demonstrated commitment to OH&S compliance

 

What we offer?

You can look forward in diverse position in an ambitious fast growing and internationally oriented organization. Our work environment is focused on innovation and improvement. Goldtree offers this employment on permanent based with good benefits and career pathway for the right candidate.

 

Equal opportunity employer

Goldtree is an equal opportunity employer and will select the best candidate for the job without regard to gender or race. Qualified women and professionals from surrounding communities are encouraged to apply.

 

How to apply?

If you feel you are the right candidate for the role, please apply by sending us a short 60 second video, setting out why you want to work for us, and what you feel you can offer together with your resume to:

kevin@plantingnaturals.com

We will consider applicants who have successfully sent the above document latest from 3rd February 2022 to 17th February 2022.

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