Job Description

High level Farms Director roles don\'t become available every day. Certainly not in such a renowned and successful business.

If you\'re looking to find your next challenge, you\'ve got a passion for farming and want to bring your knowledge to help develop an already successful business, then keep reading.

Picture this.

One working day you\'ll be travelling across your territory to visit clients and developing relationships. The next, you\'re building a strong farm management team, then you\'ll be supporting in the development of the business strategy.

Tell me more...

MorePeople are working exclusively with a renowned agricultural business to secure a new individual to strengthen their existing board.

The Farm Director role is first and foremost a farming leadership position with aims to achieve the best possible financial results for the farming business. Including the management of technical, business and sustainability goals of the company and its clients.

You may already be in a Head of Agriculture or Farm Director position, with experience dealing with both internal and external stakeholders.

You will be a strong personality, inquisitive by nature, knowledgeable and passionate about farming.

As with any director position people management is a key element of this role, overseeing knowledgeable farm managers and being their port-of-call for all questions and queries. These can range from farm planning to budgeting, sustainability or personal development.

Not only this, but you will also have the capacity to manage upwards and hold your place at board level. You can already build strong internal relationships and challenge senior management. You\'ll want to do this, to make sure that they are operating in the best they can be. They want your opinion.

You will build collaborative and strong relationships with your clients who you will support through every aspect of their business success. Your current role will have equipped you with commercial awareness to do this, and you\'ll always be thinking about ways to bring new clients into the business.

The business is a well-known agricultural brand who manage tens of thousands of hectares across the UK. They\'ve been around for over 50 years, and everyone in agriculture will know who they are.

What\'s next?

For an informal chat, please call either Alice or Sarah on 01780 480530, email alice@morepeople.co.uk or sarah@morepeople.co.uk or drop us a message on LinkedIn. Don\'t worry if your CV isn\'t up to date, just send what you have already, and we can sort the rest later.

Company

MorePeople are a specialist recruitment business for the food, fresh produce, horticulture and agriculture industries. Founded in 2000 by two passionate foodies with vast experience in the industry, we\'re a growing team comprising of a mixture of ex-industry professionals and professional recruiters passionate about the sector.

Offering a functional approach to recruitment, we have dedicated expert teams to assist in all roles across a business;

• Commercial
• NPD
• Operations
• Technical
• Growing
• Agronomy
• Engineering
• Finance
• HR, Admin & IT
• Rural Surveyors, Land Agents & Estate Managers

The team are committed to offering the best recruitment service for all professional roles within the sectors in which we operate.

Find out more on our website at or call us on 01780 480530.

Find Us Website Telephone 01780 480530 Location Cherryholt House
Cherryholt Road,
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2EP
United Kingdom

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