National Operations Manager - Sustainable Agriculture (Hybrid Working)
- Employer
- De Lacy Executive Recruitment
- Location
- United Kingdom (national travel required)
- Salary
- Competitive salary package + bonus and vehicle
- Closing date
- 26 Sep 2023
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- Sector
- Property, Land & Estates Management
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
If you're a seasoned Agronomist or perhaps an experienced FACTS-qualified professional from another background, you'll be passionate about delivering on UK agriculture's commitments to sustainable environmental management. This opportunity will leave you well placed to make an impact.
In this role, you'll work for a leading, organic by-product recovery specialist in the UK.
With a customer base almost entirely comprised of UK livestock and arable farmers, you'll possess a strong agricultural understanding, especially around land spreading activities. You'll also have the ability to build relationships, trust and credibility on farm.
You will provide commercial and agronomic oversight to a talented and growing Operations Team across the UK. The role will also draw upon your leadership skillset in developing your team.
This is a hybrid role and will involve covering the UK in full. Weekly nights away will be necessary and 20-25,000 miles per year on the road is anticipated. You will have complete autonomy to manage your diary accordingly.
What the role involves:
- Drive the development of existing operations
- Provide team leadership and mentoring of Operations Team (currently 7-8, and growing)
- Drive company culture of professional development and collaboration, instilling best practice
- Take budgetary control and report on financials to board level
- Oversee applications for and effective management of Environment Agency permissions
- Support Operations Team in the field across the UK
- Management of mobile treatment plant
- Attend internal meetings and external conferences
- Interact positively with customers and support Ops Team in business development
- Ensure full compliance to all regulatory requirements
- Assist in pricing strategy
Requirements:
- FACTS, WAMITAB or a degree in a related field is required
- Experience of recycling by-products will be a significant advantage
- Previous experience of operations management in a related field is preferrable
- Sound understanding of agricultural activities in the UK, particularly around land spreading practices
- Readiness to travel nationally on a weekly basis
- Strong leadership credentials
- Good relationship builder
- IT competence
Package:
- Generous salary to match your skills and experience
- Bonus scheme (discretionary and achievable)
- Company vehicle
- Healthcare provision
- Mobile phone & laptop
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- Pension
To apply:
For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Jon Handley on: 01885 485522 or e-mail your CV and covering letter to jon.handley@delacyexecutive.co.uk
De Lacy Executive will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at www.delacyexecutive.co.uk/privacypolicy. Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission.
Company
De Lacy Executive acquisition increases recruitment resources
De Lacy Executive is pleased to announce that the agri-business recruitment consultancy has been acquired by AgCareers.com Canada, part of the Farms.com group. Farms.com is a supplier of innovative technology based information products, services and publications for the global agriculture and food industry. Farms.com has offices in Canada, USA, Australia and India and also owns and operates a 2,000 acre farm in Canada. A large number of leading organizations in the international agriculture and food industries are amongst its clients.
Graham Dyer, President of Farms.com believes "De Lacy Executive has a unique search and selection recruitment service based upon integrity and profound industry knowledge. We are thrilled to add this excellent team to our group. It will be 'business as usual' for this professional team. We will add to the De Lacy portfolio of services and spread the model to other sectors of UK land based business and to other parts of the world, benefitting our clientele and providing additional support and guidance for jobseekers. Combined with our AgCareers.com and CareersInFood.com job boards, we have an increasingly international offering in the agriculture and food industries."
The sale took effect on June 1st 2016. Stuart Goodinson is the Managing Director. John Davies, who founded De Lacy, will remain working closely with the company as a consultant to the business. Stuart says; "I believe the acquisition by AgCareers.com Canada provides additional products and services for the benefit of our clients and candidates - plus growth opportunities for us, both in the UK and in international markets. This change will increase our resource pool and search capability to ensure an even greater selection of top quality candidates for our recruitment clients."
De Lacy Executive is the principal recruitment specialist in the Agricultural and Land Based Business sector operating in the UK and Internationally with regional, national and global clients. We have been awarded Preferred Supplier List status with a number of major organisations.
The company was formed in 2000 and our extensive industry knowledge enables us to successfully assist our clients with vacancies in all disciplines from sales and marketing to technical and operations and at all levels from graduate trainees to chief executives. Our team of nine includes 8 who are the offspring of farmers and 6 who are agricultural graduates. Our agricultural credential are second to none.
We offer information and frank and honest advice to clients and job seekers. Career guidance is a key part of our work with candidates. Our service is free to candidates.
The Key Points to Our Business
Consultancy - We act in a consultancy capacity, adding value by devising a recruitment plan relevant to each client and each vacancy and then proactively searching and selecting the best candidates for clients whilst offering career advice to candidates.
Proactive searching for candidates - We don't wait to see if we receive applications. We use our own database and others, search websites, "head hunt" plus advertise on the most effective job boards to build our contacts and boost applicant numbers.
Our vacancies extend from graduate trainee to managing director - from sales through to technical, marketing, operations and production to R & D management.
Our specialism extends from the agricultural supply trade (arable, livestock, machinery and equipment etc) to farm management, primary food and fresh produce, horticulture, equestrian, environment, renewable energy and a diverse range of Rural and Land-based Business vacancies.
Integrity and Confidentiality - De Lacy Executive is approved as a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which oversees the UK's recruitment industry (REC Membership Number: 00082047) and is registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office under the Data Protection Act.
Commitment - We are committed to the industry and try to give something back through sponsorship of events and scholarships.
Ambassadors - We act in a professional manner recognising that we act on behalf of our clients.
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