Business Manager - Taupo Retail - New Zealand Jobs Opening

September 16, 2024

Farmlands Co-operative Society

Taupo

OTHER & FULL TIME

Business Manager - Taupo Retail

Leading co-operative - over 80 retail stores nationwide

Established national co-operative that’s fast forward

High-performing, warm and inclusive team

Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity

We currently looking for a Business Manager in our Taupo store. With a good spread of Rural Farming /Agriculture in the area, the store covers dairy, sheep/beef, and lifestyle.

Reporting to our Regional Retail Sales Manager, you will be leading an experienced and motivated team and consulting with our sales team, you will be involved each day with:

Leading, coaching, and motivating your team to sales success

Collaborating with the team and be a "hands on" leader to help them achieve results

Delivering on agreed objectives and KPIs

Managing budgets, P&L, and financials

Taking responsibility for achieving personal and team-based results

Seeking continuous improvement

Mōhou ake | About you

You will have a proven track record of leading and managing successful teams, ideally, in the retail environment. You will be highly organised with a strong focus on sales processes. You will also have:

The ability to build solid client relationships and encourage repeat business

Sound knowledge of the dairy sector and rural products and services in general

Strong commercial business acumen and knowledge of financial ledgers

Solid computer skills and enjoy working with up-to-date technology

A willingness to "roll up your sleeves" and help when necessary

Mō ngā painga | About the benefits

You'll be rewarded with:

Competitive remuneration package

Sick leave from Day 1

Paid birthday leave

Access to training through our online library, The Greenhouse

Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores

Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners

Additional support for parents - 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks' paid partner's leave

Te Tono | How to apply

Apply online with your CV and cover letter and we'll do the rest. We'd love to hear from you and know you'll most definitely grow your career - and us - at Farmlands.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Mō matou | About us

Be part of a great New Zealand story! Te Whenua Tāroa - Farmlands was born from people joining together to do things differently. Fast forward from our humble beginnings in 1962 and we're New Zealand's largest farming co-operative with an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion, with over 1200 staff in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff!

In addition to our strong core retail business, we also have a well-established shareholder card network (with over 75,000 shareholders and over 7,000 card partner locations), with operations dealing with feed production, nutrition, ecommerce, fuel, distribution, agronomy, and a wide variety of other areas.

Please note that the successful candidate will have to go through pre-employment checks before starting with us at Farmlands. These will include two references from your two most recent managers, a Ministry of Justice Check, proof of your right to work in New Zealand, a driver’s licence check and an ACC background check. For certain roles a drug and alcohol test, credit check and AML check may be required.

Team

Retail

Role

Business Manager

Locations

Taupō

Job Type

Permanent - full-time