AAA Growers is one of the leading exporters of premium & prepared vegetables from Kenya and the largest commercial grower and exporter of chillies from Kenya. We aim to provide quality products which redefine what innovative, healthy and delicious vegetables should be.

Summary

As a Head of scouts, you are responsible for overseeing daily scouting activities, preparing reports, keeping crop protection records for future references, weekly monitoring of the scouts’ performance and performance appraisal, optimal allocation of Labour and other resources, ensure compliance with policies, procedures and instructions by juniors, handle disciplinary/grievance cases referred to you by your juniors in liaison with the HR department. Greatness, Responsibility, Openness and Warmth are the values you live and work by.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• To oversee the scouting daily activities.
• To ensure that scouters reporting time is strictly maintained.
• Control overtime.
• Preparing daily reports.
• Keeping crop protection records for future references.
• To ensure scouters understand their job duties and expectations as laid out in the job descriptions.
• Communicate and set targets for all scouters.
• Weekly monitoring of the operations team performance and taking appropriate action
• To carry out performance appraisals for scouters
• Follow up on gaps identified during appraisal process and ensure that action points are attended to.
• To optimally allocate labour and other resources, promote team work spirit to achieve the highest possible efficiency.
• Ensure juniors are compliant to Policies/Procedures and work instructions.
• To handle disciplinary/grievance cases referred to you arising from juniors, liaise with Human
• Resources Department and where possible to resolve them amicably while keeping the Human
• Resources Department informed
• Responsible for dealing with issues escalated to him/her.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the immediate manager or senior management.

Your profile

• Degree/Diploma in Horticulture or Agriculture
• Experience in roses’ crop protection
• Excellent leadership skills and management
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Good communication skills
• Team player who creates top-down working relationship with general workers and management