Terance Chingozho

Experience

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  Mlichi Horticulture

  Nov 2008 - Apr 2011

  Farm manager
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  Seed Co Zimbabwe

  May 2011 - Jun 2012

  Trainee Farm Manager
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  African Sun Hotel Group

  Jun 2013 - Jan 2020

  Duties1. Providing a detailed annual plan for the entire estate i.e. developing annual operating budget, plans for maintenance and capital expenditure projects. 2. Maintain Profit and Loss responsibility with significant focus on cost management i.e. supervises and controls all payroll, maintenance and other expenses. 3. Identifying new revenue generating opportunities for the department. 4. Manage purchasing of supplies, equipment, and inputs.5. Providing technical leadership to the Estates operation6. Maintains production records and prepares monthly risk, financial and operational reports. 7. Lead all field operations, trout hatchery operations and agronomic activities including tillage, planting, fertilizer applications, chemical applications, cultivation, irrigation and harvesting.8. Provides technical, operational and safety training for employees to ensure that staff is working in a safe environment. 9. Recruits, supervises and retains staff. Conducts employee performance evaluations and exercises disciplinary action. 10. Build a team of full-time employees and manage/motivate all personnel Show less • 9 hole golf course management and maintenance• 400 hectare pine plantation management i.e. all cultural operations including planting, thinning, pruning, making of fire breaks and harvesting of the timber.• 10 hectare potato field management that is planting, fertliser application, weeds management, pest management, ridging, harvesting and packaging.• Hotel fresh vegetable garden management i.e. planting, fertliser application, pests and disease management, weed management and harvesting• Landscaping and maintenance of the hotels gardens and grounds• Integrated weeds, pest and disease management around the hotel’s estate that is in the golf course, potato field, vegetable garden and the hotels gardens and grounds.• Workshop machinery preventative maintenance i.e. tractors, garden mowers, greens machine, fairway mower, ripper, plough and ridger.• 15 horse herd management • Trout hatchery operations management• Management of two trout filled lakes at the Resort. Show less • 18 hole golf course management and maintenance i.e. intergrated weeds and pests management for the entire golf course• Yearly financial budget projections for the Department i.e. coming up with a yearly budget and working towards achieving budgeted figures monthly for both revenues and overheads.• Daily management and supervision of the department’s personnel.• Soil sampling and analysis for the golf course especially on the greens then implementing the recommendations to meet the different greens nutrient requirements.• Irrigation design and scheduling for the entire Estate • Coordinating golf tournaments • Workshop machinery maintenance Show less

  • Estates Manager

    Oct 2017 - Jan 2020

  • Assistant Estates Manager

    Jun 2014 - Sept 2017

  • Estates Management trainee

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
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  African Sun Hotel Group

  Dec 2023 - now

  Estates Manager

  Duties1. Direct and control the work and resources of the company and ensure the recruitment and retention of the required numbers and types of well-motivated, trained and developed staff to ensure that it achieves its mission and objectives.2. Prepare a corporate plan and annual business plan and monitor progress against these plans to ensure that the company attains its objectives as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible.3. Establish and maintain effective formal and informal links with major customers, relevant government departments and agencies, local authorities, key decision-makers and other stakeholders generally, to exchange information and views and to ensure that the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.4. Prepare, gain acceptance, and monitor the implementation of the annual budget to ensure that budget targets are met, that revenue flows are maximised and that fixed costs are minimised.5. Develop and maintain an effective marketing and public relations strategy to promote the products, services and image of the company in the wider community.6. Represent the company in negotiations with customers, suppliers, government departments and other key contacts to secure for it the most effective contract terms. Show less