Job Position of Division Manager at Lipton Teas and Infusions Rwanda limited | Kigali (Deadline: 29-06-2024)

·         Daily allocation of duty to estate/division labour (both Upper Tier and Lower Tier) in appropriate manner and ensures that the correct tasks & quality of work are allocated to all employees daily.

·         Responsible for developing standards nursery bets for future tea seedlings.

·         Ensures that proper land preparation, planting, Infilling, plucking, tasking, and maintenance of tea are done as per set policy and budget provisions.

·         Ensure proper establishment and maintenance of good tea development system.

·         Ensure proper establishment and maintenance of good plucking table by plucking at correct times and heights (near future)

·         Regularly checks the estate/division beacons and boundaries to maintain integrity of property ownership-in the division.

·         Ensures that Tea bush productivity is increased without harming the health and long-term potential of the bush.

·         Carries out the best agronomic practise in soil conservation, crop protection, Nutrition, and new planting.

·         Maintain optimum plant population by ensuring successful infilling operation is done.

·         Maintains a system of accounting and control of pests and diseases and reporting any new occurrences to the MD/Estate Manager.

·         Ensures that soil sampling and analysis is carried out on tea development areas prior to planting.

·         Daily management of 3P and contractors involved in tea development in his division.

·         Maintains estate tea and indigenous tree nurseries to the required standards.

·         Work in hand with Company Engineer to carry out road maintenance, drainage, and its proper use.

·         Check the accuracy of payroll input documents from the Division.

·         Work in hand with AHRBP to prepare job descriptions, appraisals for staff reporting directly as per agreed work plan/targets.

·         Induct, train and ensure implementation of safety and statutory standards for all contractors in the division.

Administration

·         Checks and verifies labor pay records regularly.

·         Maintains and update the weeding book.

·         Ensures that all office registers including the Overtime sheets, transport log sheets, history cards inventory cards are always all up to date (near future)

·         Maintain detailed records of all in-filling, and field sanitation.

·         Reconciles the muster sheet with the labor distribution sheet & payroll outputs.

·         Issues register, and regularly check all tools and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensuring their proper maintenance. (Monthly-Tools check).

·         Responsible that all reports are made accurately and submitted on time.

·         Be responsible for the proper administration of the general stores (near future)

·         In consultation with the AHRBP, ensure proper management of leave plans at the divisional level.

·         Enforce all company policies including but not limited to, Safety, Environment, Welfare and

Code of Business principles.

·         Perform any other duty relevant for smooth operation of the division.

Industrial/Employee relations

·         Manages industrial/employee relations at the Division and reports any incidences that may flout good relations.

·         In consultation with the AHRBP, ensure discipline are to the required standards for all employees in the division.

·         Participates in the counselling of employees.

·         Oversea the implementation of ETRL Personnel related policies including but not limited to the Worker’s Council Agreement, HR Policy Manual, and ensure they are always adhered to.

Safety and Environment

·         Implement health and safety policy and Safe operating procedures in the division.

·         Work in hand with the Forestry Officer to maintains the riparian strip forest in accordance with the environmental policy.

·         Ensures that all divisional employees are inducted on Health and Safety policies as soon as they are taken on employment.

·         Ensures that Safety, Health and Environment policies and rules are adhered to in all operations.

·         Attends Unit Health and Safety committee meetings and document agreed actions.

·         Minimum 3-5 Years experience in Tea Industry

·         Experience in team management.

·         Ability to demonstrate leadership skills.

·         Agronomic skills

·         Sourcing – raw materials of agricultural origin

·         Experience in Plant Breeding – tea nurseries.

·         Project Management skills

·         Experience in Industrial Relations/Employee Relations

·         Asset Investment and Care