Senior Orchard Operations Leader: P&L & Regional Impact

Agri Talent Pty; Griffith; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Agri Talent Pty is seeking an experienced agricultural operations leader to take ownership of a substantial regional business. You will lead across multiple orchards, drive performance, and ensure financial accountability while upholding safety and quality standards.

Based in NSW, you will travel to sites, manage budgets, translate objectives into actionable plans, and collaborate with central agronomy, procurement and processing teams to deliver strong production economics and long-term asset

Qualifications

• Substantial background managing large-scale agricultural operations with direct accountability for production outcomes.
• Demonstrated P&L and budget management experience in an agricultural context, including cost control, variance analysis and financial reporting.
• Proven ability to lead through managers: setting clear expectations, monitoring execution, following up and addressing performance constructively.
• Strong results orientation and execution discipline - a track record of turning plans into measurable outcomes.
• Experience with permanent plantings, tree crops or intensive irrigated horticulture (e.g. citrus, avocados, macadamias, nuts) is advantageous, though not mandatory
• Understanding of the full crop-to-processing chain, including harvest logistics, product quality and downstream commercial requirements
• Sound judgement, personal integrity and a genuine commitment to safety and operating consistently with organisational values

Responsibilities

• Lead Orchard Managers, accountable for operational execution across both properties, establishing a consistent cadence of reviews, reporting and performance follow-through
• Develop and manage annual operating budgets, report against the regional P&L, monitor expenditure variances and drive cost discipline across controllable cost lines
• Drive, quality, yield and productivity improvement - managing cost per kilogram and overall production economics
• Translate business objectives into clear operating plans and priorities, spending a minimum of three to four days per week across the orchards to verify execution on the ground
• Coordinate orchard readiness, harvest execution and delivery to processing, ensuring harvesting, shaking, collection and quality standards are met end to end
• Work collaboratively with the central agronomy team to implement technical recommendations operationally, and liaise with procurement and processing teams on production and quality requirements

Skills

Leadership

P&L Management

Budgeting

People Leadership

Results Orientation

Irrigated Horticulture

Safety & Integrity

Job description

Agri Talent Pty is seeking an experienced agricultural operations leader to take ownership of a substantial regional business. You will lead across multiple orchards, drive performance, and ensure financial accountability while upholding safety and quality standards.

Based in NSW, you will travel to sites, manage budgets, translate objectives into actionable plans, and collaborate with central agronomy, procurement and processing teams to deliver strong production economics and long-term asset