Managing Director with focus Finance, IT & HR Rijk Zwaan AustraliaFostering a people-oriented company culture. Motivate people. Contributing as Managing Director to the development of our fruits and vegetables.
At Rijk Zwaan Australia in Daylesford.
Your job at Rijk ZwaanThe cluster Oceania focuses on both Australia and New Zealand. The activities include breeding support, production, product development, marketing and sales. The company is led by a board of three Managing Directors who are jointly responsible for the entire operation and the 70 people working in Australia. Each Managing Director has his or her own attention fields. Within this role, you are responsible for monitoring and controlling all financial, administrative and legal issues as well as HR and IT. As Managing Director, you will be directly responsible for the colleagues of the Finance, HR and IT team, which consists of four colleagues. With support from the Rijk Zwaan head office and globally operating crop teams, you will develop business strategies and tactics to grasp the opportunities in the dynamic vegetable seed market in Oceania and ensure sustainable growth for the company.
In addition, you will be responsible for:
Making a five-year development plan, including sales targets, investments, and cost development, together with your co-Managing Directors on a yearly basis.Jointly leading the whole company with two other managing directors.Reporting to the Rijk Zwaan board based in The Netherlands.Your contribution:As Managing Director, we expect you to have a broad interest in all aspects of managing a company, including fostering the unique Rijk Zwaan company culture, managing financial risks, and legal compliance. You have an open personality, good communication skills, you are trustworthy and open to receive feedback, and you can build bridges between people. We are looking for a hands-on, inspirational leader, someone who is both people- and result-oriented. We are seeking a good leader and organiser with an international outlook and global mindset, someone with an active and practical approach, positive thinking and attitude, oriented towards persevering and problem solving.
In addition, we can find the following on your resume:
An academic degree in the area of Business Economics and Management Studies.More than five to ten years of managerial experience.Strategic insights for commercial and company development.A people-oriented management style and high teamwork abilities.What can you expect from us?Besides a growing international work environment, we are happy to offer you:
A competitive market-based salary and good additional benefits.A permanent contract from the start.Excellent training opportunities through our Rijk Zwaan Academy and specific management training courses.An entrepreneurial/innovative and stimulating work environment.A good work/life balance.Where will you be working?Rijk Zwaan is an international family company with a people-oriented culture. Rijk Zwaan is at the beginning of the food chain. We develop fruit and vegetable varieties and sell the seeds to growers and other chain partners all over the world. We thus make an important contribution to the world food supply. You are based in Daylesford, but you will also be visiting our site in Bacchus Marsh regularly.
Interested?Let's work together for the vegetables of tomorrow!
Insight Group Australia is doing the search for this position and Rohan Carr is the contact person. You can address your written application to ******
An assessment and screening are part of this selection procedure.
A phone interviewTwo face-to-face interviewsTerms of employment interviewAssessmentRohan Carr
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