Farm Operations Lead

at Summit Recruitment and Search Africa
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted June 10, 2026
Category Management
Operations
Job Type Full-time
Currency UGX

Description

JOB DETAILS:

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the plan gets executed in the field to the standard required by a revenue-generating commercial export farm. Will work closely with the CEO to contribute ground-level insight into weekly and seasonal planning, then owns the execution of that plan completely.

Key  Responsibilities

  • Implement weekly field plans, deploying supervisors and labour with correct inputs.
  • Ensure daily farm activities are completed, scheduled, and recorded in the system.
  • Hold supervisors accountable for attendance, task completion, and quality.
  • Resolve field-level operational issues (equipment, labour, inputs) promptly.
  • Submit daily and weekly operational reports.
  • Support CEO with planning inputs (crop readiness, labour, constraints, equipment).
  • Prioritize revenue-linked activities and align field schedules to harvest timelines.
  • Monitor budgets, control costs, manage procurement, and flag overruns early.
  • Coordinate with agronomist, ensure compliance with crop programs, and escalate key decisions.
  • Oversee packhouse operations, compliance (GlobalGAP/MAAIF), post-harvest handling, and export quality/logistics.

Key Qualifications

  • Relevant Bachelor’s Degree.
  • Demonstrated experience managing field supervisors and casual labour teams.
  • Hands-on familiarity with GlobalGAP, MAAIF, or equivalent export certification requirements.
  • Packhouse operations experience — grading, post-harvest handling, traceability documentation.
  • Proven ability to read and work within a farm budget — cost-per-acre, input costs, labour reconciliation.
  • Strong working knowledge of avocado or macadamia agronomy — sufficient to supervise and hold an agronomist accountable.
  • Commercially aware — understands that field decisions carry direct revenue consequences.
  • Competent with digital reporting tools; comfortable operating within a structured farm management System.
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