Senior Director - Agri Business

Berwick, NS

Company Overview:

We are a state-of-the-art, top-quality poultry processing facility that processes and markets chicken and turkey for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. With a mission that focuses on successful customers and best-in-class processes that will maximize long-term shareholder values, our company takes pride in bringing high-quality, wholesome, fresh poultry products to Canadian consumers.

Job Description:

• Reporting to the President and CEO, the Senior Director of Agri Business is responsible for fostering effective, productive, and mutually beneficial relationships between the company and poultry producers.
• The Senior Director builds relationships with broiler and turkey producers within the Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island poultry industry, ensuring that quality standards and weight requirements are achieved from farm to plant.
• The Senior Director works closely with producers to ensure all standards are met pertaining to live supply, food safety, food quality, and all other workplace regulations. The Senior Director is a key member of the executive team and is jointly accountable for overall company performance.

Qualifications:

• Exceptional at relationship management, have outstanding people and asset management experience in an executive capacity.
• Strong business acumen, while seeing the value of collaborative leadership.
• Driven and resilient.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma, preferably in a business or technical discipline.
• 5+ years of senior-level experience in food, agriculture, or other related industry.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to support the growth of others and build strong relationships internally and with producers, shareholders, and external partners.
• The Senior Director, Agri Business must enjoy being in the office as much as they value being in the processing facility or on the road visiting farmers throughout the region.
• Innovative problem-solver who can make decisive and data driven decisions in order to build relationships and develop a new division within the business.

Benefits:

• Opportunity for bonuses, up to 20% of base 
• RRSP program
• Vacation pay, up to 4 weeks starting 
• LTD insurance policy, dismemberment
• Health, dental, and vision 

We are committed to presenting a diverse and inclusive roster of candidates to our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from the following under-represented groups: Indigenous persons, racially visible persons, persons with a disability, women, and persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity. If you are a member of one of these under-represented groups, we invite you to self-identify on your cover letter or resume.

We will provide accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation(s) to participate in the application, interviewing, or selection process, please let us know.

We are a talent management and development firm with an unshakeable belief that change is a good thing. People are not only our purpose, but they are also our passion. Our firm was created to recruit and develop talented, established professionals who aspire to lead organizations. We are inspired by these individuals and believe they are at the core of building purpose-driven, dynamic, and forward-thinking workplaces. Our firm offers best-in-class services, including recruitment, career counselling, skills workshops, networking opportunities, and much more. The list goes on, seriously.