Regional Operations Manager

About us

At Rombola Family Farms, we're not just about farming – we're about crafting a sustainable future. Based in the heart of Australia's agricultural landscape, in Griffith, Rombola Family Farms is a forward-thinking business committed to producing the highest quality fruits, vegetables, and produce for local markets. Our intensive irrigated horticultural production located in Griffith (NSW), Bundaberg (QLD), Douglas-Daly (NT) and Mataranka (NT). Our passion for innovation and sustainability drives everything we do, from our cutting-edge farming techniques to our unwavering dedication to community and the environment.

We're a family-run business, deeply rooted in values that span generations. As we expand, we're looking for a Regional Manager, to join us on this exciting journey and play a pivotal role in the future of Rombola Family Farms overlooking our Northern Territory sights based in Mataranka and Douglas Daly.

About the role:

The Regional Manager – Farming is the lead member of the Rombola Family Farms production team. This role will oversee the entire cropping process over both of our growing sites.

Key operational accountabilities include:

• Contributes proactively and constructively to production team discussion about varietal selection based on consumer, production, and supply chain.
• Proactively manage all new varietal trials and full supply chain analysis for presentation to the Managing Director.
• Contributes constructively and proactively to production team discussion about the design of production schedules with market timing, volume, quality attributes and internal capacity constraints in mind.
• Contributes proactively and constructively to production team discussions to determine the detail of production systems to be implemented by crop.
• Monitor the agreed production schedule to ensure all tasks are completed in line with agreed timing for all plantings.
• Monitor all plantings throughout the production cycle to ensure all tasks are routinely performed to agreed standard and produce the required outcome.
• Liaise with the production team to alter irrigation, nutrition, weed, pest & disease control and sun screening in a planting as required.
• Monitor crop health and produce maturity in order to forecast volume & quality by week.
• Actively and effectively communicate with outsourced agronomists and consultants.
• Liaises with the maintenance function to ensure row cropping production teams have the highest possible equipment availability.

To be successful in the role you will possess the following:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a management capacity within the horticulture industry
• Extensive production experience with row crops
• Skilled at crop health, production planning, pest and disease management
• Tertiary qualifications in agriculture will be highly regarded.
• Excellent communicator
• Good with numbers: analysing costs, P&L and want to have input into capital expenditure and a farm expansion plans.
• People manager, negotiator and all round good person that will thrive working in a proactive team (must be a team player)
• Flexibility in hours worked to achieve operational targets, including weekends and public holidays.
• Sound working knowledge of WH&S requirements.
• Attention to detail with a genuine sense of urgency and a "can do" attitude.

In return we offer you

• An attractive remuneration package based upon relevant qualifications and experience.
• A passionate and energetic team culture.
• Become a part of a progressive and vibrant business.

More information

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