Company Description

Founded in 1982 by Dutch seedsman Simon Groot, the 2019 World Food Prize Laureate, East-West Seed is one of the world's leading vegetable seed companies in Asia and expanding rapidly in Africa and Latin America. The privately-owned company has played an important role in the development and improvement of tropical vegetable varieties that are adapted to tropical markets and growing conditions.
Its mission is to provide innovative products and services that help to improve the livelihood of vegetable farmers. In addition, East-West Seed trains vegetable farmers in order to help maximize their yield and income through better knowledge on vegetable production and farming skills.
In 2019 it ranked number 1 on the Access to Seeds Index for Global Seed Companies and number 1 for South and Southeast Asia Index. In 2020, it ranked #28 in Fortune's Change the World list of companies that are doing well by doing good.
East-West Seed has its headquarters in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
The company employs about 2,800 people and has 20 R&D establishments in 9 countries. With exports to over 75 countries in tropical areas, East-West Seed serves nearly 23 million farmers around the world. 

About the job

The Farm Operations Assistant supports the Sr. Farm Operations Associate/Farm Operations

Manager in implementing various farm operations activities.

This role involves monitoring the

day-to-day activities of farm workers and supporting the development and implementation of new

projects and initiatives to drive operational excellence.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Farm Operations Management:

• Assist in the successful implementation of crop cultural management and ensure trial success rate based on the required trial quality standards.

• Monitor compliance with company rules and regulations

• Provides support in monitoring the day-to-day activities of the farm workers and performance evaluation

• Provide support/initiate in the maintenance and development of farm-related data and other digital tools

Financial Management:

• Submit necessary reports as required (e.g. inventory reports, trial status, projects status, etc)

• Assist in ensuring maintenance and monitoring of equipment and consumable inventories, Support operational excellence initiatives/projects including resource/expense management.

Self-Development and Team Collaboration:

• Support in training farm workers in equipment use and techniques, and advise on equipment development, design, and application.

• Submit reports for review and discussion, assist in implementing and controlling company policies, and support team collaboration and communication.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical Higher Degree in Agriculture or field-relevant experience

• Diploma in Agriculture with 3-5 years of applicable experience

• Bachelors degree in Agriculture with 1-3 years of applicable experience

Knowledge & Skills:

• Farm Operations/Agronomic skills

• Phytopathology Technical Skills

• Reporting - Oral/written presentation/communication

• Statistical Principles & Tools

• Data management and reporting

• Computer skills

• Organize and can work with minimum supervision