Senior Manager Agribusiness Specialisation Sustainability

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Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience in the agribusiness industry and understanding of key sector challenges., Passion and experience in sustainability initiatives and ESG issues., Strong strategic thinking and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives., Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills..

Key responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the oversight of the agribusiness portfolio and provide insights.
  • Develop and influence strategies related to sustainability and growth in agribusiness.
  • Support the execution of the agribusiness strategy and value proposition.
  • Engage with stakeholders and support media, government, and political communications.

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Job description

  • Are you passionate about the Agribusiness sector & supporting our customers in regional Australia?

  • Do you have an interest in agricultural and helping our customers navigate their sustainability journey?

  • Key role to support strategy and growth initiatives nationwide

  • Flexible location based anywhere across our Australian offices

    • See yourself in the team

      Regional and Agribusiness Banking (RAB) provides a comprehensive range of services to business banking customers based in regional Australia, including those engaged in the Agribusiness sector, both pre and post farm gate. Increasingly, products and services are being developed to support agri customers with both the opportunities and risks associated with climate change, nature & biodiversity loss, and other ESG issues.

      Do work that matters

      Reporting to the Executive Manager Agribusiness Sustainability, the Senior Manager will help shape and deliver the Agri Sustainability Strategy to enable outstanding customer outcomes and business goals. You’ll have a passion for innovation and an eye for opportunity in supporting sustainable growth initiatives for RAB.

      Your day could look like, but not limited to:

      • Contribute to a team that has oversight of the Agribusiness portfolio performance and deliver insights to internal partners on this.

      • Develop and influence strategy and direction of the agribusiness portfolio and subsectors, especially in areas related to sustainability

      • Develop, influence and execute growth initiatives to support the business, drive process and policy improvements, and achieve sustainability ambitions

      • Undertake market research and gap analysis, identify growth opportunities in line with risk policy and appetite of the RAB business

      • Engage with internal stakeholders and provide input into media, government and political relations communications to ensure they are fit for purpose

      • Support the development and execution of the Agribusiness strategy and value proposition

      • Deliver on strategies which support frontline sales activity

      • Deliver on strategies that manage portfolio risk related to ESG factors

      • Develop and support the creation of customer insights and thought leadership

        • We want to hear from you if you have:

          • Agribusiness industry experience and an awareness of key challenges, as well as a passion for the sector

          • Experience and passion in the sustainability space

          • Excellent strategic execution skills, with an ability to think outside of the box and multitask

          • Detailoriented while able to see the bigger picture,

          • Strong commercial acumen and the ability to deliver on multiple and connected initiatives

          • Stakeholder management skills, the ability to influence and lead change and engage with people at all levels across the business

          • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, confident presentation skills

          • Frontline banking experience, or experience working with frontline banking roles is highly desirable

          • Ability to present internallyexternally and foster collaboration and workshop style settings (where required) would be advantageous as a primary skill set

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Industry :
Financial Services
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Business Acumen
  • Organizational Skills
  • Multitasking
  • Presentations
  • Detail Oriented
  • Communication

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