Home Farm Manager

HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Limagrain (https://www.limagrain.com/), an international co-operative agricultural group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.

With a team of 2,800 professionals in over 30 countries, we are dedicated to the sustainable solutions for the land, successful products for our customers, and intensive research and innovations for the future. HM Clause is a leading vegetable seeds company with successful product development for more than 200 years.

Headquartered in France we have operations across countries like Mexico, USA, France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam and Thailand. We have a diverse set of customers, across regions, who engage with us at various touchpoints, to gain more information about our products and benefits. Considering our products are launched after years of R&D and the impact on the customer's life is significant, our communication has been largely product benefits-led. In India, we have been operating for last 10 years and are known for our commercial brand – Clause seeds.

Function

Production

Main Goal

According to the production plan, oversee, managing, coordinating, developing and improving pollen, seedlings and seed productions in Hiriyur and Ranebennur Home farms for export and domestic markets in greenhouse, net houses and open field to meet company's requirement in terms of quantity, quality, cost and timeliness in a safe environment with the lowest possible environmental impact.

Job Description

• Safety
  
  

Is Accountable of the safety in the Home farms : in connection with HMClause's security policy, defines the security rules within its scope and ensures their compliance daily, through security visits, external audits

Is responsible for the safety management system based on a safety actions plan powered by actions resulting from accidents, near-misses, visits and safety audits

• Quality
  
  

Is accountable of the quality of the pollen and seedlings produced for the home farms and the grower network.

Is accountable of the quality of the seed produces in terms of germination rate, physical purity, sanitary quality and purity according to the HMClause quality chart.

• On time delivery in full
  
  

From sowing to seed procurement (including pollen, seedlings productions, where applicable), plan the activities to procure seeds on time.

Considering the base yield, the parental line description, by implementing the agronomic reference practices (fertilization, pest control ...) procure the seed in full in the range of 80 to 120% of the targeted quantities.

• Cost
  
  

Establishes the OPEX and CAPEX plans and ensure that the production costs are effective and in line with budgets.

• Management
  
  

Build a robust, committed and integrated team in HMClause s RACE principles of action (Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship).

Attract and develop talents.

Manage, lead and coordinate staff within the department including assessment, training and development as well as career planning using HR tools.

• Mid-term plan road map
  
  

Establishes and submits the mid-term plant road map (3-5 years) to make the home farms centers of excellence

Launches, follows up and closes the selected projects

• Continuous improvement
  
  

Puts in place a continuous improvement program

• based on the control of processes,
• the implementation and monitoring of internal and external complaints and the follow up of the resulting corrective actions,
• through the implementation and monitoring of KPIs
• Strong agronomy/seed production skills required
• Familiarity with production research practices and field techniques is strongly preferred
• Ability to synchronize the needs of the company with the requirements of the internal customer's needs
• Pack Office Word, Excel, PPT
  
  

Skills

Accountability

Collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Respect

Customer Focus

Integrity/Ethics

Interpersonal Skills

Managing Conflict

Managing for Results

Negotiation Skills

People Development

Problem Solving/Analysis

Product Knowledge

Sense of Urgency

Technical Skills

Work Environment/Safety

Your Benefits And Working Environment

• Career Growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Gender Equality
• Employee Wellness
• Training and Development
• Safer Workplace
• Rewards and Recognition
  
  

Recruitment process

HM.CLAUSE committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive

• Profile Screening
• Phone screening
• Interviews - 3 rounds
• Offer Discussion
• Offer Letter Issue
• Background Verification
• Pre Employment Medical Checkup
• Onboarding