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PROFILE CANDIDATE Code K091063
Sex: M
Year of birth:
Education:
1966-1970 Secondary Horticultural College Vegetable and flower production
Ter Aar, The Netherlands
1971-1973 Higher Agricultural College, Flower production and management
Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
Courses
1973-now Various courses / study clubs
Horticultural courses and trainings in horticultural subjects, like pests and diseases, spraying license and crop management
Leadership course
Member of the board of study clubs
Active member of the Chrysanthemum board, Auction in Aalsmeer
Driving license: car, truck & bus
Computer skills: Knowledge of MS Office software
Languages (according to the candidate)
English: spoken good, written moderate
Dutch: mother tongue
Working experience:
Our candidate is a passionate professional in the Horticultural world with a sound educational background. He was born and raised on his parental horticultural company. Till early 2007 he owned his own company in chrysanthemum cut flowers and cuttings in the Netherlands, giving him a very solid background in all aspects of the industry. Although his background gives him enough foundation to independently manage a company, his heart is more on the propagation, production, post harvest and quality side of the business. He is a self starter with the ability to adapt to different circumstances, both professionally as well as personally. One of his specialties is dealing with soil and soil growing in general, especially the preparation, disinfecting and improving of the soil. He is an ambitious, goal oriented person who developed a passion for Africa and by now is used to dealing with a large number of employees. He is confident in his dealings with local staff and is able to bring them to a higher level. There are no secrets for him when it comes to dealing with chrysanthemums or the growing thereof. Other familiar crops are Delphinium, Dianthus and Veronica.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007 - 2010
Company: Cuttings Production farm, Ethiopia
Function: Manager Production
12 ha of greenhouses with mother plants, 10 ha Chrysanthemum, 2 ha of
Dahlia, Impatiens and Poinsettia, 60 ha open field with bedding plants and
perennials (due to a restructuring of the mother company, his position is uncertain)
Responsibilities:
- Crop management Mother stock department, all crops
- Climate control Mother Stock department
- Soil and bed preparation mother plants (inclusive of disinfection)
- Planting department (planting, cleaning, weeding and supporting plants)
- Pest management (control, spraying, disinfection, etc)
- Irrigation and fertigation
- Compost department – all activities in relation to compost purposes
- Wood production for compost department (wood field of 25 ha.)
- Supervision of supervisors (4)
- Managing 100 employees
- Internal logistical systems
1974-2007
Company: Production farm for flowers and cuttings; the Netherlands
Function: Owner/Manager
2 ha open field with 7.000 m2 of greenhouse, main crop Chrysanthemum cut flowers and cuttings, other cut flowers were Delphinium, Veronica and Dianthus.
(Low economic results resulted in the termination of the company)
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the complete running of the company
- Daily operational management
- Preparing crop schedules
- Summer Flower production in Spring season
- Chrysanthemum cut flower production in autumn season
Personality:
Our candidate has a passion for flowers and the people working in the industry. He considers himself as a pleasant and social person. Looking for new challenges and opportunities he ended up in Ethiopia which changed his life to the point that he doesn’t want to leave Africa. He has the ability to motivate people from different levels. He always gives himself 100% to the tasks at hand, likes to work in teams and enjoys bringing the local staff up to a higher level. He is patient, stable and consistent but will never lose track of the final goal. He has no problem in dealing with the social isolation as a result of remote locations. He builds up a local social network quite easily. He states that Horticulture is a lifestyle rather than a position. His personal credo is: “No victory without fighting”.
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