Junior Agricultural Economist - Agricultural Management Services, Kimberley

Introduction to the VKB Group
The VKB Group is an agricultural company, providing support to farmers and producing straight-from-the farm-foods for consumers. Apart from the various consumer brands, the VKB Group is also represented by its regional brands: VKB, GWK and NTK. Our roots are firmly planted in agriculture with farming at our core, continuously growing and evolving throughout the years.

Starting with providing everything needed on the farm to produce food, we now also operate in all areas of the food supply chain: processing, logistics, and national and global market channels.

This “house of brands” we’ve established with the support of our farmer shareholders is the foundation for building the agribusiness of the future.

Job description
The ideal team player will be responsible for the broad Developing Agriculture function and its vision to provide leadership in sustainable farmer development. From onset the candidate will be required to make an impact within a multi-disciplinary team context. Prerequisites for the position include thorough managerial ability, agricultural economic knowledge and capacity to integrate management information, as well as excellent interpersonal, written communication and administrative ability.

Requirements

• Post graduate qualification in Agricultural Economics
• Previous experience of 1- 3 years within an Agricultural environment
  
• Fully computer literate
  
• Traceable references within Financial Administration roll and Office Administration.
  
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparation of business plans in an Agricultural Business Environment.
• Business and whole farm planning.
• Basic financial modelling in Excel format
• Build and compile farm cash flows
• Analise Financial Statements specific to farming enterprises.

Skills Required

• Outcome driven
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Accuracy, thoroughness and administrative capacity

Other Information

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