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Job Title Department Location Salary range and Grade Line Manager (Job Title) AHDB JOB DESCRIPTION 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 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 2 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 3 KNOWLEDGE / EXPERTISE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 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 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: Organisation/Departmental Chart Sector overview/AHDB background 4