Senior Operations Manager - Taupo/Mangakino

Wairarapa Moana Incorporation (“WMI”) is one of New Zealand’s larger farming operations milking 12,000 cows across 3,850 hectares in dairy platform and a further 1,500 hectares in dairy support. The group also owns 5,800 hectares of forestry and is a foundation shareholder in Miraka Ltd. WMI has five key outcomes: to protect and enhance the land; to grow businesses beyond current assets; to be an industry leader; to enhance shareholder pride; and to ensure shareholders receive annual dividends. Reporting to the General Manager of Farms, the Senior Operations Manager is a key member of the leadership team and the positions’ aim is to provide leadership, and technical farming knowledge to the operational farming team to ensure there is alignment with the company values and best practice farming processes and procedures. You will be: • An experienced leader with a strong practical dairy farming background and a passion for developing people, leading continuous improvement, building health and safety capability and driving positive environmental outcomes. • A strong collaborator both internally and externally to bring the best resources and outcomes to the dairy farming business whilst managing completing priorities effectively. • Commercially minded with high-end project management and execution skills with an ability to deliver both production and financial targets on budget. • An active communicator, networker and meeting facilitator who can effectively connect up and down the reporting chain to inform all stakeholders, the operational farm teams, company executive and suppliers. • Proficient in commonly used Agribusiness software applications

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16/08/2024

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negotiable

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