SC Agro Officer Full Time

Overview

Under direction from Company management and agricultural experts, support farmers to produce chip stock that meets the international standards of PepsiCo for Crisp (chips) processing.

Responsibilities

• Crop scouting and follow-ups.
• Farm advisory service from sowing till harvesting and post-harvest handling.
• Ensure that good agricultural practices are followed on the farms producing potatoes for PepsiCo.
• Provide visibility of crop performance in the field and recommend corrective actions.
• Participate in training and other forms of Best Practices transfer to the Pakistani farmers.
• Help the Agro Regional Manager in variety trials, evaluation, and other research as and when required.
• New area development to stretch the fresh window for continuous fresh potato supply to reduce reliance on expensive storage and get the best quality fresh Potatoes.
• SQA Journey with chip stock traceability from Chip to finished goods.
• Deployment of the Agro machinery in field operations for cost-effectiveness and quality management.
• Under direction, manage specific potato projects and programs
• Help farmers in better crop management.
• Help the Agro Regional Manager with AOP volumes procurements.
• Help the Agro Regional Manager in potato variety field trials in Pakistan.
• Field testing, data collection, and growers’ complaint handling.
• General advisory to growers without recommending any brands.
• Apart from the above, the employee is expected to perform other accountabilities, from time to time, assigned by the manager.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. (Hons)/M.Sc. Agriculture
• Knowledge of the potato growing area, farmers, and crop management
• Computer Skills with 1/2 year’s experience at supervisory level with any pesticide/seed company or 2-3 years experience with Agro base field work.
• Technical Know-how About Different Pest and Their Control.
• Fluent in local languages.