Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Tswana Pride is a premier market leader in the regional poultry sector, driven by a commitment to world-class production standards, sustainable biosecurity practices, and robust supply chain networks. As we enter our next phase of aggressive operational scale and market consolidation, we are transitioning our executive leadership architecture from a traditional model to an agile new position of Chief Operating Officer structure.

• Employer: Tswana Pride
• Job Type: Full-time
• Location: Gaborone, Botswana
• Category: Management
• Salary: A premium executive salary package commensurate with global industry benchmarks.
• Closing Date: 2026-11-06

• Strategic Farming Operations and Operational Command: Direct all day-to-day operations across our production facilities, farming operations, processing complexes, and distribution networks to ensure peak operational synergy and cost efficiencies.
• Capacity Enhancement and Export Strategy: Oversee macro-scale production capacity, including the strategic execution of heavy volume allocations (such as targeted monthly export capacities to key regional trade markets).
• Biosecurity and Quality Assurance Governance: Enforce bulletproof industrial biosecurity protocols and strict regulatory adherence, ensuring absolute mitigation of commercial risks through rigorous scientific and quality control tracking.
• Cross-Border Logistics and Value Chain Optimization: Lead complex regional distribution strategies, cross-border procurement frameworks, and local agricultural integrations to ensure seamless commercial delivery.
• Financial and Stakeholder Stewardship: Manage comprehensive P&L; responsibilities, asset optimization, performance metrics, and build sustainable partnerships with regulatory bodies, distributors, and contract grower networks.
• Staff training and development: Assess staff performances and training needs, and implement ongoing staff training programs to keep staff up to date with the changes in the industry. Further, effective and efficient enhancement and development programs should be implemented to increase the staff work force as and when necessary.
• Interaction with personnel: Professionally interact with personnel at various levels within the organisation as well as outside the organisation. This will involve interaction with various Government Organisations, Customers, Suppliers, Directors, Senior Management and General staff.
• Health and Safety: Ensure compliance with local laws and regulations regarding health and safety as well as environmental and hygiene standards.

• Educational Credentials: A Bachelors Degree in Agriculture / Meat science (or a strictly related advanced scientific agricultural discipline) is non-negotiable.
• Industry Longevity: A minimum of 15 to 20 years of deep, verifiable experience in the poultry and chicken industry, with a documented track record of managing enterprise-level processing and production hubs.
• Regional Market Mastery: Deep existing expertise in the Botswana operational landscape, regional labour laws, and Southern African commercial frameworks.
• Industrial Expertise: Mastery of large-scale meat processing science, high-throughput cold-chain operations, and advanced export mechanics.
• Leadership Stature: Exceptional boardroom presence, strategic negotiation capability, and a proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary operational teams through organizational transitions.

A premium executive salary package commensurate with global industry benchmarks.

Suitable and Qualified experienced candidates are invited to submit their applications to the address below. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who do not receive any response within one week from the closing date should consider their applications unsuccessful. Preference will be given to Citizens of Botswana. Please forward your applications together with your Curriculum Vitae, Educational and work experience certificates to the following address: Human Resource Manager, P.O. Box AD 189 ADD, Postnet Kgale, Gaborone, Email - [email protected]. Closing Date: 6th November 2026