The Company
This agricultural business has a significant and geographically diverse operational footprint across Australia. Backed by a major international institutional investment group, the business has a long-term investment mandate and is entering an exciting phase of continued growth, operational improvement and capability development.
 
The Role
Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Environment & Safety Officer will provide strategic leadership across Environment, Safety & Sustainability and associated compliance functions for a complex, geographically dispersed national operation.

Key Responsibilities including the following:

• Lead the enabling functions – Lead and develop Safety, Environment & Sustainability and Effluent as a high-performing leadership group.
• Set clear standards – Establish clear expectations, accountability and capability across each function.
• Drive business partnering – Ensure functions proactively understand and respond to operational needs.
• Align to business priorities – Ensure functional services, outputs and resources align with business demand.
• Own continuous improvement – Embed a consistent cycle of learning, measurement and year-on-year improvement.
• Provide governance and assurance – Ensure key risks, compliance obligations and regulatory requirements are effectively managed and reported.
• Manage resources and investment – Oversee budgets, headcount and investment to deliver maximum business value.
• Support strategic initiatives – Provide functional leadership across M&A, transformation and other strategic business priorities.

 
Your Background
To be considered for this opportunity, you will bring the following:

• Executive leadership of multiple diverse functions, within a C-Suite and ideally in agribusiness, food production or an asset-intensive multi-site environment
• Proven leadership experience with a track record of raising functional performance through others
• Strong business partnering orientation and the credibility to hold functions accountable to operational need.
• Sound knowledge of non-financial risk and governance and comfort to operating to institutional shareholder standards
• Commercial judgment, sound stakeholder management and the ability to operate at both Board and site level
• Tertiary qualification in Environmental Science.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, or would like a confidential discussion, please contact Juliet Arduca at Blackbook Executive on 03 9823 7403.

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