Tatu City

Special Economic Zone for industrial development

Assistant Manager - Certifications and Research

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Full-timeTatu City, KenyaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in agriculture, horticulture, or agribusiness is required.
At least five years of progressive experience in agribusiness management, including at least three years of direct experience in coffee production.
Knowledge of coffee cultivation, processing techniques, and quality standards is required.
Leadership ability to lead teams and manage daily work is required.
Financial management skills, including farm-level budgeting and cost control, are required.
Fluency in English and Swahili, with verbal and written communication skills, is required.
Problem-solving skills and the ability to escalate potential problems to management in advance are required.

Responsibilities

Lead coffee production at estate level from cultivation through processing and dispatch, including certification compliance, quality control, budgeting, and research and development trial oversight.
Support the implementation of farm-level certifications, including understanding their scope and requirements, applying through portals, following up on non-conformities, and closing them.
Obtain valid certifications and monitor audit-cycle requirements.
Apply farm-level standard operating procedures covering coffee growing, harvesting, processing, drying, sorting, storage, and transport.
Follow environmental sustainability initiatives, including responsible land management, water conservation, and ethical farming practices.
Identify pests and diseases and implement timely control measures or escalate them.
Set up, layout, operate, and manage research and development trials; collect periodic scientific and statistical data and share observations with the team on the 15th monthly for each ongoing trial at estate locations.
Mobilize workers for field work when required and ensure timely harvesting.
Implement and maintain safety standards throughout the estate work boundary and workday, including transport outside farm areas.
Maintain quality control systems throughout production to ensure the quality of the final coffee product.
Manage budgets, control wasteful costs, identify efficiency gains, and drive profitability across the coffee estate.
Control stocks of chemicals, farm inputs, coffee, and manpower.
Complete daily, weekly, and monthly data capture and reporting accurately.
Ensure all payroll payments are completed on time.
Maintain positive relationships with local communities, government agencies, and other coffee-industry stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with sustainability certification programs is an advantage.

Assistant Manager - Certifications and Research

Tatu City · Tatu City, Kenya · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-23

Workplace: on_site

Description

Tatu Coffee Company Limited is one of Kenya's leading specialty coffee producers, with a heritage spanning more than 100 years.Owned by Rendeavour, the developer of Tatu City, the company cultivates premium Arabica coffee across more than 6,500 acres of Rainforest Alliance Certified estates in Kenya's fertile highlands.

Tatu Coffee supplies specialty coffee to leading roasters and buyers across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, combining sustainable farming practices with world-class processing to produce award-winning Kenyan coffee. The estates also play a significant role in supporting local communities through employment, environmental stewardship and responsible agricultural practices.

This role manages coffee production at estate level, from cultivation through to processing and dispatch, while leading certification compliance (Rainforest Alliance, Café Practices, Nespresso AAA, 4C, Organic), quality control, budgeting, and R&D trial oversight. It combines technical agronomy with people management, compliance and financial discipline to keep the estate productive, certified and profitable.

Key Responsibilities

Knowledge of Certifications such as RA, Cafe, Nespresso AAA,4C and Organic.
Certification Scope, requirements, application on portals, assist with leading and implementing certification at farm level with follow up and closure of NC’s.
Obtain valid certifications and monitor audit cycle requirements.
Knowledge of Farm Level SOP’s covering all aspects of growing coffee, harvesting, processing, drying, sorting, storage, and transport, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.
Adhere to established environmental sustainability initiatives, including responsible land management, water conservation, and ethical farming practices.
Ability to identify pest and diseases and escalate or implement timely control measures.
Build, layout and/or operate, conduct, manage and take periodic scientific statistical data ,share observations to team on 15th MLY on each and every R&D Trials on-going in the various estate location.
Mobilise workers for field work if required and to harvest in time.
Follow and implement Safety Standards 100% within boundary of the estate and scope of entire workday including transport outside farm areas.
Implement and maintain stringent quality control systems throughout the production process, guaranteeing the exceptional quality of the final coffee product.
Manage budgets, avoid/control wasteful costs, identify areas for efficiency gains, drive profitability across the coffee estate.
Good control of stocks of chemicals, all farm inputs, coffee stocks and manpower.
Complete daily/weekly/monthly data capture and reporting without errors.
Check and ensure to complete all payment payrolls in time.
Foster positive relationships with local communities, government agencies, and other stakeholders within the coffee industry.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, Horticulture, Agribusiness.
Minimum of 5+ years of progressive experience in agribusiness management, with at least 3 years of direct experience in coffee production.
Good knowledge of coffee cultivation, processing techniques, quality standards, and Familiarity with sustainability certification programs is an advantage.
Good leadership skills with the ability to lead teams, manage daily works, and enable result.
Demonstrate financial management skills, including farm level budgeting, cost control.
Satisfactory verbal and written communication skills, including fluency in English and Swahili
Good problem-solving skills with a flair to escalate potential future problems well ahead of time to management

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About the Company

Tatu City

Special Economic Zone for industrial development

Tatu City develops Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and a 5,000-acre mixed-use city created by Rendeavour. It provides infrastructure-ready plots and fully developed spaces across industrial, residential, office, and educational uses within an SEZ designed to ease permits and services for businesses, backed by international investors. It differentiates itself by offering a government-recognized SEZ plus a complete ecosystem—homes, offices, schools, and recreation—within one regulated, long-term project. Its goal is to accelerate Kenya’s economic growth by attracting investment and enabling companies to set up, hire people, and expand, aligned with Vision 2030.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Nakuru, Kenya
Founded: 2008

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