Head of Agronomy & Technical (Veg)
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AAA Growers is seeking a Head of Agronomy & Technical to lead crop production, compliance, and technical support across its vegetable farms and outgrowers. The role includes advising on crop protection and nutrition, implementing GAP and market standards, conducting audits, and managing quality issues.
- Leads agronomy, production, compliance, and technical support across all vegetable farm sites
- Supports farm sites and outgrowers in meeting production, quality, and market-compliance standards
- Coordinates Global G.A.P., TN10, F2F, and environmental compliance requirements
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AAA Growers is seeking a Head of Agronomy & Technical to lead crop production, compliance, and technical support across its vegetable farms and outgrowers. The role includes advising on crop protection and nutrition, implementing GAP and market standards, conducting audits, and managing quality issues.
- Leads agronomy, production, compliance, and technical support across all vegetable farm sites
- Supports farm sites and outgrowers in meeting production, quality, and market-compliance standards
- Coordinates Global G.A.P., TN10, F2F, and environmental compliance requirements
- Requires 10 years of experience and a BA, BSc, or HND qualification
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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. AAA Roses (Forest Gate (EPZ) Ltd.) entered the floriculture industry in 2011 and in 20...
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Head of Agronomy & Technical (Veg)
Job Type: Full Time
Qualifications
BA/BSc/HND
Experience
10 years
Location: Nairobi
Job Field: Agriculture / Agro-Allied
Job objective
AAA Growers - Veg is a division within AAA Group that deals with vegetables, chilies, and herbs. At AAA Growers - Veg, we produce a variety of premium & prepared vegetables, herbs, chilies, and fruits. Demand by some of our clients led to addition of herbs into the product range that AAA exports. The growing started mid 2010 in chestnut Farm on a small scale and currently the herbs are spread across our three farms. Our herbs are grown both in-house and open fields to ensure continued supply across the year and consistent quality.
As the Head of Agronomy & Technical (VEG) you will lead agronomy, crop production, compliance, and technical support across all Veg Farm Sites. The successful candidate will provide strategic technical guidance, drive continuous improvement, and ensure farms and outgrowers meet production, quality, and market-compliance standards.
Your tasks and responsibilities
Provide technical support for production and compliance programmes across all Veg Farm Sites, including farms and outgrowers.
Advise on up-to-date crop protection, nutrition methods, products, and production programmes.
Coordinate implementation of and adherence to GAP and other market standards across production processes.
Conduct internal audits against standards including Global G.A.P., TN10, F2F, and environmental requirements; manage
non-conformance follow-up. Lead investigations into non-conformities or exceedance of maximum limits and report promptly to senior management.
Follow up on produce quality issues and complaints from pack houses, recommending corrective actions.
Coordinate fertilizer and chemical supply to farms, including identifying suitable alternatives where supplies are restricted.
Manage adherence to PPPL requirements and communicate updates on product inclusions or removals.
Monitor planting programmes, conduct routine farm visits, and support production forecasting.
Coordinate plants and soil sampling, testing, and dissemination of results.
Manage trials data, prepare reports for senior management, and support decision-making.
Facilitate external audits, represent farm agronomy teams in external meetings, and coordinate relevant training.
Maintain and update the crop production and field quality manuals to ensure consistency across sites.
Lead and manage the Agronomy team at each site, including documents, audits, certification, PPE, training, and coordination.
Your Profile
Degree or equivalent qualification in Agronomy, Horticulture, Crop Science, Agriculture, or a related field.
At least 10+ years’ proven experience as a qualified and seasoned Agronomist.
Deep technical knowledge of vegetable growing, crop protection, nutrition, and production systems.
Strong understanding of European pesticide programmes and agronomy audit requirements.
Demonstrated experience with Global G.A.P. and other market/compliance standards.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to engage customers on technical matters.
Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
Willingness to travel frequently to farm sites.
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