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Job Title: General Manager
Organization: Muhavura
Extraction Limited (MEL)
Reports to: Board of
Directors
Duty Station: Kabale, Uganda
About MEL:
Muhavura Extraction Limited (MEL)
is a private company focused on growing, and processing pyrethrum. MEL is a
subsidiary of MGK, a global leader for Pyrethrum. MGK headquarters is in
Minnesota, USA and does business in over 50 countries world-wide. www.mgk.com,
www.pyrerthrum.com. MEL’s headquarters is located at it’s modern pyrethrum
processing/extraction plant in Kabale, Uganda. Over the next few years MEL
plans to expand its Pyrethrum production to take full advantage of this modern
processing facility.
Job Summary: The General
Manager will be responsible for MEL’s operations. This encompasses leading management
and staff including Crop and Production Management, Quality Control, Accounts
and Administration to produce high quality pyrethrum products for export to MEL
customers.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Manage
    Operations in Uganda, including Extraction Facility in Kabale, and Crop
    Management Systems. This is inclusive of development and managing staff
    and operating and financial budgets for MEL.
  • Offer
    advice to the Board of Directors on matters pertaining to implementation
    of the MEL’s strategy, business opportunities and investments;
  • Ensure
    that the human resource capacity and appropriate management structures,
    systems and policies are developed for a sustainable and profitable
    organization;
  • Build
    effective working relationships with business partners and regulatory
    bodies in Uganda, as necessary;
  • Offer
    day to day organizational leadership and make decisions on administrative,
    financial, personnel, production and related matters for MEL;
  • Develop
    and implement business programs that focus on meeting operations
    improvements and business objectives.
  • Monitor
    the operating and financial results for MEL and take appropriate actions
    to ensure optimal operations while ensuring expenditures are within the
    approved budgets
Qualifications,
Skills & Experience:
  • The
    candidate should hold a bachelors degree from a recognized University, a
    Masters in Business Administration will be an advantage;
  • He /
    She should possess five or more years experience in a senior management
    position in an agricultural or manufacturing establishment;
  • Excellent
    computer skills including Microsoft Office applications
  • Excellent
    verbal and written communication skills including English;
  • Possess
    the ability to interact professionally with diverse staff, contacts
    including local government officials, farmers’ representatives, farmers,
    suppliers both locally and internationally.
Terms: An attractive
salary and benefits that are commensurate to the candidates’ experience and
skills will be offered to the right candidate.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified applicants
interested in this vacancy should send their applications  with detailed curriculum vitae, photocopies
of academic certificates and testimonials and names of at least two professional
references with their contacts to the address below.  Please e-mail your CV and application letter;
in MS word or PDF format to: Mr. Brad J. Ward E-mail: brad.ward@mgk.com
Deadline: 30th September 2013

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