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Chief Executive Officer - Agriculture Industry, Agriculture

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

MBA/MSc/MA

Experience

10 - 15 years

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Agriculture / Agro-Allied

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance

• Develop and implement the organization’s vision, mission, and long-term strategic plan.
• Advise and report to the Board of Directors on performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Ensure strong corporate governance and ethical business practices.
• Lead organizational change and transformation initiatives.

Business Growth and Expansion

• Identify new business opportunities, partnerships, and investment prospects.
• Drive market expansion locally and internationally.
• Oversee product diversification and value addition initiatives.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with investors, regulators, and industry stakeholders.

Operational Oversight

• Provide executive oversight of farming operations, processing, logistics, and distribution.
• Ensure optimal use of land, equipment, labor, and capital resources.
• Monitor productivity, efficiency, and cost management across operations.
• Approve operational policies and performance standards.

Financial Management

• Oversee budgeting, financial planning, and resource allocation.
• Monitor revenue performance, profitability, and cost control measures.
• Ensure financial sustainability and risk mitigation.
• Approve major capital expenditures and investments.

Risk, Compliance and sustainability

• Ensure compliance with agricultural, environmental, and labor regulations.
• Oversee enterprise risk management strategies.
• Promote sustainable farming practices and environmental stewardship.
• Ensure workplace health and safety standards are maintained.

Leadership and Talent Management

• Provide overall leadership and direction to senior management.
• Foster a high-performance and accountable organizational culture.
• Support succession planning and leadership development.
• Promote employee engagement and retention strategies.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture, Business Administration, or related field
• MBA preferred
• Professional training in corporate governance is an added advantage
• Minimum 10–15 years’ senior leadership experience
• At least 5 years in executive management within agriculture or agribusiness

• Develop and implement the organization’s vision, mission, and long-term strategic plan.
• Advise and report to the Board of Directors on performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Ensure strong corporate governance and ethical business practices.
• Lead organizational change and transformation initiatives.
• Identify new business opportunities, partnerships, and investment prospects.
• Drive market expansion locally and internationally.
• Oversee product diversification and value addition initiatives.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with investors, regulators, and industry stakeholders.
• Provide executive oversight of farming operations, processing, logistics, and distribution.
• Ensure optimal use of land, equipment, labor, and capital resources.
• Monitor productivity, efficiency, and cost management across operations.
• Approve operational policies and performance standards.
• Oversee budgeting, financial planning, and resource allocation.
• Monitor revenue performance, profitability, and cost control measures.
• Ensure financial sustainability and risk mitigation.
• Approve major capital expenditures and investments.
• Ensure compliance with agricultural, environmental, and labor regulations.
• Oversee enterprise risk management strategies.
• Promote sustainable farming practices and environmental stewardship.
• Ensure workplace health and safety standards are maintained.
• Provide overall leadership and direction to senior management.
• Foster a high-performance and accountable organizational culture.
• Support succession planning and leadership development.
• Promote employee engagement and retention strategies.

• Master’s Degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture, Business Administration, or related field
• MBA preferred
• Professional training in corporate governance is an added advantage
• Minimum 10–15 years’ senior leadership experience
• At least 5 years in executive management within agriculture or agribusiness