India Country Organisation | Full time, Permanent | Field-Based, Andhra Pradesh / Telangana

Why This Is a Challenging Job

FinAgra's India portfolio runs across Ananthapur (banana), Guntur (red chilli), and Jagtiyal (turmeric), with ginger and pulses in development. Every crop has a different calendar, a different biosecurity risk profile, a different mechanisation requirement, and a different quality specification at offtake. The Operations Manager does not run one of these clusters — they run all of them simultaneously, while managing the REP relationships, the input supply chain, the mechanisation scheduling, and the financial discipline that keeps the programme solvent. This role demands someone who has done this before, at scale, and has the judgment that comes from having got it wrong once and knowing exactly what that cost.

Core Responsibilities
End-to-end seasonal execution. Own delivery of the seasonal operating plan across all India clusters from land preparation through harvest and offtake handover. Every major operation — land prep, planting, crop protection, harvest,



post-harvest — planned, resourced, executed, and documented against specification.
- Mechanisation and input coordination. Plan tractor and implement deployment across clusters. No operation waits for equipment. Implement calibration standards enforced before any field operation begins. Input supply confirmed and quality-checked before planting windows open. Vendor performance managed against delivery commitments.
- REP network management. Hold the REP network to plan. Build the working relationships that sustain compliance over multiple seasons. Distinguish between a REP who needs coaching and one who needs to be replaced — and act on that distinction quickly.
- Irrigation and fertigation oversight. Drip system integrity verified at season start. Fertigation schedules aligned with agronomic plans. EC and pH monitored and within specification throughout. Pressure testing and clog preventi

📌 Agronomy Operations Manager, India
🏢 FinAgra
📍 India