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Assistant Production Manager – Crop Protection at Enza Zaden Tanzania Ltd

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Job Description

Enza Zaden Tanzania Ltd is a horticultural company that produces high-quality hybrid seeds. The seeds produced are all exported to the mother company based in the Netherlands. After thorough quality checks the seeds are re-exported all over the world under the Enza Zaden logo.

Know more about us at http://www.enzazaden.com 

To safeguard crop health and optimize greenhouse production through effective pest and disease management, crop monitoring, and adherence to quality, safety, and farm protocols.

Job Industry

Product & Project Management

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  1. Lead and coordinate crop protection, pest and disease management, scouting, and crop monitoring activities to maintain crop health, quality, and production performance.
  2. Supervise and develop crop protection and scouting teams, ensuring effective workforce planning, productivity, discipline, training, and adherence to operational and safety standards.
  3. Monitor crop health and protection performance, analyse relevant information, and ensure timely identification, reporting, and escalation of crop risks and emerging issues.
  4. Oversee the effective management of crop protection resources, materials, equipment, and related operational requirements, ensuring safe, efficient, and accountable utilization.
  5. Support the Production Manager in maintaining effective greenhouse operations, ensuring compliance with hygiene, health, safety, environmental, and farm protocols while contributing to continuous operational improvement.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  1. Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Horticulture or a related field.
  2. Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in crop protection, greenhouse production, pest and disease management, or a related agricultural production environment.
  3. Good knowledge of integrated pest management, crop monitoring, pest and disease identification, crop protection principles, chemical safety, safe pesticide handling practices, and applicable occupational health and environmental standards.
  4. Proven ability to supervise teams, coordinate workforce activities, and maintain high standards of productivity, discipline, safety, and operational efficiency.
  5. Strong analytical and data management skills, with the ability to interpret crop monitoring information and prepare accurate operational reports.
  6. Excellent computer skills and proficiency in working with multiple related software with proficiency in data collection, analysis, and record keeping using agricultural software.
  7. Good communication and coordination skills with proficiency in English and Swahili languages, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Special Benefits for this Position

Our offer:

We offer a competitive salary, benefit package and an innovative environment. Teamwork, entrepreneurship, drive, a passion to learn and to share knowledge, respect for sustainable development and integrity are our most precious values. Our international work environment offers a range of possibilities to motivated qualified people with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter to vacancies@enzazaden.co.tz  by the 13th of October 2026. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Please include “Application for the Assistant Production Manager – Crop Protection vacancy” in the subject line.

Close Date

13/10/2026

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