The Company
Our client is a leader in providing science based, agricultural field research services, conducting trials in the major broadacre and horticultural cropping regions of Australia. With offices and staff strategically positioned, providing a full suite of services, they are focussed on helping advance new technologies to market and developing new agricultural inputs and systems.
With experienced staff and working with leading edge technology, business is based on delivering results and creating great relationships with clients, so they are committed to open and consistent communication.
The research work is comprehensive and diverse covering a wide range of broadacre and horticultural trees & crops across residue, efficacy and breeding trials.
The role
A vacancy now exists for a Business Manager
to manage the northern research unit across NNSW and Qld. This diverse role fundamentally supports your regional managers and drives business.
Reporting to the National Business Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Developing and leading teams
- High quality trial execution
- Maintaining strong client relationships
- Achieving commercial targets
- Ensuring compliance with company policy and safety standards
Being a management role, there is limited time in field and travelling.
The Person
The successful person will have the following skills and attributes:
- Leadership experience (build, manage high performing teams)
- Excellent communications and stakeholder engagement skills
- Significant experience managing R&D field trials across diverse crops and environments
- Ability to manage logistics (people, equipment, operations)
- Strong commercial acumen (budgeting, quoting, revenue generation)
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Agriculture/ Business /Commerce
A generous salary package including vehicle is on offer for the successful candidate. Toowoomba or Brisbane are ideal locations for this role, so would suit candidates with growing families requiring education, cultural or sporting facilities.
You may have field trial work experience with crop protection or seed suppliers, rural retail distribution, university or government department research or Research Development Corporations (RDC’s) and now looking for a new challenge, to step up into a leadership role.
Come and join a leading research agribusiness, bringing your style of people leadership and business management skills. The skilled and dynamic team is growing, accumulating a wealth of experience, providing growth and learning opportunities around the country.
Please call Al Kellaway on 1300 380 701 for a discussion and copy of the Position Description, or apply via www.rimfireresources.com.au
