Chief Operating Officer

Mōkai te ngākau. He whenua he oranga. E ū ai ki te pae roa

The land sustains and nurtures as we reach to the horizon

Tūaropaki Trust (www.tuaropaki.com) is an Ahu Whenua Trust under the auspices of Te Ture Whenua Māori. There are more than 2,700 Owners, a mix of individuals, Whānau Trusts and Kaitiaki Trusts, all descended from the original Owners.  The Trust is a kaitiaki for ancestral taonga and manages complex business interests in the food and energy sectors, with assets valued at approximately $1 billion.

Ngā mātāpono | Our values

Whakapono –Inner belief in the Tūaropaki vision

Kia Ū –Commitment, diligence

Kia Manawanui –Courage, adaptability, strategic foresight and humility

Te tūranga | Your role 

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the COO is a new role established as part of a recent organisational change.  The COO is responsible for ensuring all Tūaropaki-controlled assets are delivering value to shareholder expectations.  Specific responsibilities include:

• Driving excellence across all station, dairy and sustainability operations.
• Leading development and compliance in health and safety and environmental sustainability.
• Maintaining rigorous management routines, cost and risk controls
• Supporting the Trust and ELT in its role as Tūaropaki Power Company’s manager
• Provide leadership and mentoring to reports, fostering a collaborative, positive and innovative work environment

 To be successful in this role, you will also have: 

• Prior expertise at executive level in large agribusiness or other relevant industry.
• Proven leadership in managing large agribusiness teams, optimizing supply chains, and driving sustainable farming innovations
• An appropriate business, technical or professional university qualification
• Demonstrated ability to aggregate and synthesise complex information into compelling documents in a timely manner to provide advice at governance level
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to build and leverage relationships and partner with colleagues and others across the industry to achieve shared outcomes
• A robust understanding of capital productivity principles and how to influence capital productivity through contract, relationship and operations management

To thrive in our environment, you will be a strong leader of people.  You will be adaptable, flexible and resilient, and you will bring our values to life as we work together to deliver the maximum benefit for our Tūaropaki whānau.

Please note applications will close on 27 November 2024.

Enquiries and applications can be made to Viv Bull (0274) 646428 [email protected].

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