Dairy Producer Liaison (m/f)

Duties

Subordinação & Supervisão

• Such person would be the communication and technical contact between Danmoz and its producers. A thorough understanding of dairy farming and milk quality would be required in such a position. Such person would need to facilitate communication and form close working relationship between all stakeholders e.g. emerging dairy farmers, smallholder dairy cooperatives, national institutions and potential donors. Main tasks and responsibilities include:
• Liaising with all dairy producers, dairy cooperatives and other relevant dairy stakeholders
• Developing and managing contractual obligations with producers including Dairy Coops
• Educating producers on milk quality and sound dairy farming techniques
• Providing solutions to ensure delivery of quality milk by all producers
• Optimizing milk collection routes
• Increasing farmer production
• Facilitating the purchase and movement of animals between producers
• Creating and maintaining sound reporting and milk quality measurement systems within the co-ops
• Ensuring accurate registrations and electronic banking systems for rapid and effective payments

Contribute to the Following Activities

• Driving increased turnover
• Improve overall transport efficiency
• Reproduction planning for farmers
• Feed and nutritional consulting
• Animals husbandry and Milking techniques

Key Performance Indicators

• Production volume
• Producer morale
• Milk quality
• Transport efficiency
• Number of producers
• Production per cow
• Regional herd size
• Farmer income
• Reporting & Supervision:This position reports to the General Manager

Requisites

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications
• Knowledge of Mozambique dairy industry especially dairy cooperatives
• Sound inter-personnel skills
• Minimum 5 years animal experience in the dairy field
• Proficiency in Microsoft office
• Sound knowledge of milk quality
• Professional proficiency in Portuguese; English an advantage

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted