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Recruitment of an Operations Manager

How we recruited an Operations Manager for a hay farm

Our client

Our client owns a well-established hay farm based in Narrogin, WA.

Location - Narrogin, WA
Industry - farming
Size - 30 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

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Operations Manager

A hands-on leadership role for a team of 25
Be fully accountable for the day-to-day running of the business
Privately owned company based in Osborne Park

The role

Reporting to the owner, who previously managed the operation and will remain actively involved, the ideal candidate will need to have experience of running a farm, plant, or manufacturing site and will have knowledge of health and safety and hay quarantine regulations. Additionally, they will be responsible for a variety of tasks including:

Ensuring each department has what it needs for the day
Carrying out H&S and hay quarantine checks
Ensuring all of the hay has been processed and is presented to the highest standard
Checking stock control
Engaging with third parties/suppliers
Planning the production schedules
Ensuring repairs and maintenance of farm machinery are carried out
Organising rotas and work schedules
Putting together policies and procedures
Training new staff

About you

This is your opportunity to lead a busy team of up to 10 people and be part of the journey to grow the business.

To be successful in this role you will need to have:

Management experience
An electrical or mechanical engineering background
Experience running a mine plant/site or manufacturing site or farm
An understanding of machines and be mechanically minded
A level of physical fitness that allows you to perform the role safely and competently 
An understanding of Health and Safety and hay quarantine standard requirements
Great people skills with the ability to influence
Excellent problem-solving skills
The ability to use own initiative and be solutions orientated
A drive for innovation and always seeking ways to improve
A strong work ethic with the aim of leading a productive team
Strong organisation skills
MS Word and Excel skills

About our client

Our client owns a well-established hay farm based in Narrogin. They are currently looking for a hard-working Operations Manager to lead a busy team. With plans to double in size over the next 12-18 months and relocate to Highbury (close to shops and schools), this will be a great opportunity for someone who is focused and driven.

Assessment Matrix design

Our in-house designed, custom made software generates an Assessment Matrix, which is our blueprint for the recruitment process. Our process consists of screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling and reference checks.

Ticks indicate the point at which each criteria is addressed. More importance criteria are checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.

Selection criteria	Screen	Interview	Docs.	Profiling	Refs.
Education
Relevant tertiary qualification	✓	✓	✓
Experience
Mechanically minded	✓	✓			✓
Background in manufacturing (agricultural) or plant site (desired)	✓	✓			✓
Line management experience	✓	✓			✓
Health and Safety experience	✓	✓			✓
Quarantine standards	✓	✓			✓
Ability to build and maintain relationships internally & externally	✓	✓			✓
Stock control experience	✓	✓			✓
Implementing policies and procedures	✓	✓			✓
Adaptable and ability to prioritise	✓	✓			✓
Strong organisational skills	✓	✓			✓
Good commercial acumen	✓	✓			✓
Strong communicator internally and with suppliers	✓	✓			✓
Solutions orientated	✓	✓			✓
Innovative on ways to improve	✓	✓			✓
Problem solving proficiency	✓	✓			✓
Initiative	✓	✓			✓
Attention to detail	✓	✓			✓
MS Word and Excel skills	✓	✓			✓
Other
Work Location – Narrogin moving to Highbury	✓	✓			✓
Accept expected salary range $130 - $200k – incl car allowance and relocation)	✓	✓			✓
Have you ever received a warning of termination?	✓	✓			✓
Will you pass a drug test?	✓	✓			✓
If requested can you provide a police clearance?	✓	✓			✓
Behaviour
Dominance - 60%		✓		✓
Influence - 37%		✓		✓
Steadiness - 39%		✓		✓
Compliance - 57%		✓		✓
Forms signed
Health / police check			✓
Signed document - tell the truth			✓
Docs verified
Driver’s licence	✓		✓
Citizen AU / NZ or PR	✓		✓
Medical Check	✓		✓
Probity Check	✓		✓

DISC profiling

Similar to people, jobs have their own behavioural profile that is based on duties, environment and communication. We create a profile for every job vacancy, enabling us to match an applicant's behaviour against that of a specific role.

We use DISC, which examines the following attributes:

Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.

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Applications received

Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

Shortlisted

Interviewed by client

Hired

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"Christian and his team have always been totally professional in locating candidates for our Company.

They respond very quickly to any queries and are able to utilise the latest technologies."

Lindsey Kennewell

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