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Regional Manager - Crop Research
Rimfire Resources AU5
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Agronomy & Farm Services
- Location
- Riverina, NSW
- Type
- Full-time
About the role
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 creating great relationships with clients, so they are committed to open and consistent communication.
The Role
A role has become available for a Regional Manager - Young to manage an area of the central business research unit, overseeing the field operations and logistics in the broadacre regions of central and southern NSW.
Reporting to the Eastern Business Manager, you will be responsible for managerial, technical and administrative areas of the unit’s business performance. This includes working closely with your team of 6 direct reports to ensure delivery of clients and trial objectives. The research work is comprehensive and diverse covering a wide range of crops across residue, efficacy and breeding trials. It is estimated that 60% of your time would be in the office and 40% in the field, which would include training newer staff and running your own small field trial program.
There is a requirement to travel at regular intervals to nearby regional offices.
The Person
The successful person will have the following skills and attributes:
- Commercial business & people management experience.
- Agronomy knowledge and familiarity with crops grown in this geographic region.
- Ideally field trial (R&D) and logistics experience, with good attention to detail.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Agriculture/ Business /Commerce.
You may have local industry experience in crop protection, seed, retail distribution, research or Research Development Corporations (RDC’s), and looking for a new challenge to step up into a leadership role.
Come and join a leading research agribusiness bringing your business and people management skills. The skilled and dynamic team is growing, accumulating a wealth of experience, providing 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.
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