Agriculture Operational And Digital Administrator - Ballarat

Position Title: Agriculture Operational and Digital Administrator - Ballarat

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Ballarat

Grade: Grade 03

Requisition ID: 32767

Potatoes. French Fries. Taters. You love them, we make them. In fact, we make 1 in 4 of the world’s frozen potato products and if you have eaten fries this week, there is a good chance they were ours!

We know the importance that food plays in people's lives – the power it has to bring people, families, and communities together. At McCain, our purpose is to celebrate real connections, through delicious planet-friendly food, with those that are important to us.

Join our Agriculture team to drive potato crop productivity, supply management, grower support and technology integration. Your responsibilities include Training growers and the Agriculture Team in newly developed digital tools, maintaining grower databases, finance reporting, grower payments and general administration tasks.

The Position will be based in Ballarat, Victoria. Travel around Victoria and South Australia, and at times our other production sites in Tasmania and New Zealand, will be required.

About the role

• Responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the Agriculture Function in Ballarat
• Processing of potato transactions within the Potato Contracting and Receiving (PCR) system.
• Reconcile tonnages received on a daily, weekly, monthly basis working to ensuring accurate payments for suppliers on a fortnightly and monthly basis
• Process necessary orders and receipt in a timely manner and Vendor management
• To understand, comply, and where necessary enforce company policies and practices currently in place
• Support to promote/improve the Health & Safety culture
• New account creating for growers in the digital systems
• Maintain grower information and data integrity within the systems
• Generate reports as per request
• Maintain relationship with growers from a digital ag perspective - a. training with the grower b. respond to day-to-day questions from the growers
• Be the central point of contact for the Agriculture Team for the digital tools

About you

• Good organisational skills, able to prioritise effectively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on report writing
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent Interpersonal skills
• The ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong planning, organizing, and collaboration skills

What’s in it for You?

• Opportunity to be a part of a global iconic brand, fun & high performing team
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Pioneering, innovative and dedicated development programs
• Education Assistance Programs
• Opportunity to Chip In and give back to the community as part of our paid volunteer program each year
• Career development opportunities

If you’re looking for your next challenge and want to get behind an organisation that celebrates real connections, then this is your role! Apply now!

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Agriculture
Division: ANZ
Department: Potato Supply Ballarat
Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Ballarat

Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.