Poultry Manager at SAO Group

SAO Group is one of Africa’s leading Social Impact Investment and Advisory firm operating exclusively in the agriculture sector across Africa, particularly in Nigeria. We are seeking to create positive economic impact and long-term value for private investors from the project planning to commissioning stage executed by carefully selected experts specific to each project and business unit within the Group.

We are a firm with a national and global outlook that focuses on the strategic development of transformational projects that create a sustainable economic impact for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Poultry Manager

Location: Ondo
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for a Poultry Manager to perform a variety of duties, such as collecting and candling eggs, feeding and vaccinating poultry, crating and shipping fryers, and cleaning and fumigating chicken houses.
• Directs maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment, such as chicken houses, automatic feeders, and layer nests.

Main Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for preparing and administering work orders.
• Ensuring work orders are completed on time and within budget.
• Ensuring all workers are trained on the proper use and handling of chemicals and equipment.
• Interviewing, hiring, evaluating performance, and administering disciplinary actions.
• Overseeing employee and food safety programs.
• Ensuring achievement of productivity and efficiency
• Conferring with management personnel to establish quality control standards.
• Planning and directing processing activities, establishing processing priorities for products, coordinating processing activities with procurement and maintenance, and consulting with engineering personnel relative to the modification of machines.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in raising poultry, collecting eggs, crating fryers, and maintaining equipment and facilities on the poultry farm.
• Ascertain production requirements and discuss the condition of equipment and status of supplies.

Qualifications & Professional Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science, Animal or Poultry Science, or Food Science.
• 5-8 years of relevant working experience in the field.
• Current or previous experience working within the poultry industry.
• A strong interest in and understanding of the Agricultural & Farming sector.
• Excellent management skills.

Core Skills and Functional Competencies:

• Commitment & Integrity
• Excellent understanding of farming seasons and activities especially contemporary practices
• Good knowledge of the use of farm tools and machinery
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent people management skills
• Extensive risk management skills
• Strategy development and implementation
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence decision-making and negotiate to obtain a desired result.
• Fast Learner and can tolerate ambiguity.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.