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Project Executive – Business Management
Marketing
Stoneleigh
£18-25k
Supply Chain Manager
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND JOB
HGCA founded the Cereals Industry Forum (CIF) along with a number of other industry
bodies in 2004. The overall objective of the forum was to improve the efficiency of the
cereals chain at all points i.e. from farm to shop. HGCA’s Supply Chain Partnership has
been established to communicate the findings of the CIF, demonstrate best practice and
help overcome issues that have arisen along the cereals supply chain.
What we do:
HGCA runs a number of initiatives aimed at all parts of the chain:
 Cropbench
 Price Risk Management
 Arable Business Groups
 Arable Monitor Farms
 Communications – Supply Chain Partnership
 Specific supply chain projects
 Innovation support
HGCA’s Supply Chain Partnership encourages growers, merchants, processors and
manufacturers to become involved and share their thoughts and experiences on the five
themes that have been identified as areas to develop in the cereal supply chain:
 Cost and Price
 Supply Chain Communication and Collaboration
 Duplicate Materials Testing
 New Product Development (NPD) & Innovation
 Transport
Communication activities:
 Interactive website: Podcasts, videocasts, case studies
 Events: Conferences, workshops, training groups
 PR
 Publications: Case studies, reports, training guides, CD Roms
Purpose of Job
 To work with the Supply Chain Manager to develop and deliver HGCA’s Business
Management programme, including Cropbench, Price Risk Management, Arable
Business Groups and Arable Monitor Farms
 To develop and market the Cropbench benchmarking system
 To develop and support Business Management training to 50+ existing HGCA Arable
Business Groups
 To deliver a Price Risk Management support structure to the industry and manage the
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delivery of grower and grain chain workshops
To oversee the development of HGCA’s Arable Monitor Farms project
To work with AHDB’s Market Intelligence department to deliver business management
training / information; this will include developing and delivering a communications plan
to raise awareness of the resources amongst levy payers and cereal processors
To evaluate supply chain activities
To build productive relationships with levy payers, key stakeholders and the wider
cereal sector
DIMENSIONS: AUTHORITY LEVELS & DECISION MAKING
Budgetary responsibility:
Budgets:
£100k Arable Business Groups
£50k Risk Management training
£TBC Grant funding for Arable Monitor Farm project
Targets:
To have implemented targets agreed in HGCA Annual Business Plan
and in personal appraisals.
Subordinates:
None
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS/MAIN CONTACTS/CONTEXT
Internal
 Head of Marketing
 Supply Chain Manager - Direct Line Manager
 Supply Chain Team
 Marketing Colleagues
 HGCA staff
 HGCA Board and Committee members
 AHDB colleagues - Central Market Intelligence team – cereals and oilseeds for Market
Data, Risk Management training and Cropbench
 Head of HGCA Stakeholder Communications
 R&D dept for cross functional activity
External
 Levy payers
 Cereal Industry Forum (CIF) Committee
 UK trade associations and farmers unions to ensure support for projects
 Arable Business Group facilitators
 Price Risk Management trainers
 IT contractors for CropBench development
 Commercial, professional, research and advisory organisations for dissemination of
activities
 DEFRA
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Cropbench
 To review and develop the Cropbench system/software
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To develop farm systems designed to improve farm costings and competitiveness of
farm businesses
To work with the Head of Marketing and liaise with the Head of Stakeholder
Communications to market the Cropbench system to levy payers
To review the Cropbench reporting system and deliver generic findings
To manage external contractors
To be a close collaborator with AHDB’s Market Intelligence department to ensure the
use of Market Intelligence is maximised and provides support for the delivery of
benchmarking training
Arable Business Groups
 To oversee and develop 50 existing Arable Business Groups in England and manage
the work of trained group facilitators
 To develop a sustainable programme of pan-HGCA input into Arable Business Groups
 To provide guidance and support in the completion of the groups’ actions plans.
Price Risk Management
 To roll out the risk management training programme for growers and industry
representatives along with a support structure for ongoing professional development
 To manage the organisation of grower workshops and grain chain workshops
 To work with the Head of Marketing and liaise with the Head of Stakeholder
Communications to communicate best practice and financial risk management to the
wider industry
 To manage external contractors
 To be a close collaborator with AHDB’s Market Intelligence department to ensure the
use of Market Intelligence is maximized and provides support for the delivery of price
risk management training
Arable Monitor Farms
 To project manage the Arable Monitor Farms programme in Scotland
 To ensure the project delivers all milestones on time and on budget
 To work with the Head of Marketing and liaise with the Head of Stakeholder
Communications to disseminate best practice from the project to the wider industry
 To manage external contractors
General ongoing activities
 Where necessary, to work with HGCA’s Communications Team to develop promotional
materials (e.g. promotional flyers) overseeing their design and production
 To assist Supply Chain Manager evaluate the effectiveness of Business Management
activities and ensure that targets are achieved
 To assist Supply Chain Manager with the Cereal Industry Forum Committee meetings,
including producing Committee papers
 To disseminate project results to the industry
 Update contacts on database
 Press cuttings analysis
 Assist with organisation of meetings / events
 Deal with supply chain correspondence, faxes etc.
 Attend relevant conferences / events / meetings and be an effective ambassador for
HGCA
 Maintain relevant areas of HGCA website, including mini-sites
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KNOWLEDGE / EXPERTISE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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Graduate in agriculturally related topic
Genuine interest in cereals / agricultural industries
An understanding of farm business management
2 years work experience in either business management or the cereals industry
OTHER ATTRIBUTES / KEY SKILLS/COMPETENCIES
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Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Willingness to learn and seek out new skills
Excellent project management skills and able to prioritise tasks well
Ability to work under own initiative but also possess collaborative skills
Budget management experience
Ability to travel extensively in the UK with periods away from home
Well developed computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, databases, email and
internet packages)
SIGNATURE (Post holder):
DATE:
SIGNATURE (Manager):
DATE:
Follows is a separate sheet detailing:
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Organisation/Departmental Chart
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Sector overview/AHDB background
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