General Manager - Agriculture & Recycling

• Lead the company across all functions, horticulture and organics recycling
• Shape the next phase of growth and performance across multiple brands and sites

About Our Client

An established Australian leader in sustainable horticulture, garden care, and organics, our client is driving a new phase of growth across its portfolio of market leading products and brands spanning consumer, trade, and agricultural sectors. With a national footprint of manufacturing and distribution sites and a strong retail presence through major hardware and home improvement partners, the group has a proud heritage of innovation, quality, and sustainability.

Job Description

As part of a broader transformation and investment strategy, we are seeking a General Manager to lead one of the group's key business units. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping strategic direction, optimising performance, and driving profitable, sustainable growth across a diverse product and customer base.

• Lead strategic and operational performance across multiple manufacturing and distribution sites in Victoria and New South Wales.
• Oversee full P&L, sales, operations, and compliance performance, with accountability for revenue, cost, and EBIT outcomes.
• Build and lead a high performing team with a focus on safety, engagement, and capability development.
• Drive cost leadership and operational excellence through continuous improvement and innovation.
• Develop and execute multi year growth plans across customer, product, and geographic channels.
• Strengthen relationships with major national retail and commercial customers while identifying new opportunities in organics, horticulture, and recycling.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental, safety, and EPA requirements while embedding a culture of sustainability and accountability.

The Successful Applicant

You will bring a strong network from the industry and be ready to help shape and drive a growth strategy into the future. You will be able to show experience in:

• Proven leadership experience in agriculture, horticulture, recycling, organics, waste management, or broader manufacturing sectors.
• Strong commercial and operational acumen with full P&L accountability, ideally across multi site operations.
• Sound understanding of environmental regulation, safety systems, and sustainable production practices.
• Strategic thinker capable of delivering both operational efficiency and long term growth outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing across customers, suppliers, regulators, and internal executive teams.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, or similar.

You will be a hands on, commercially minded leader who thrives in environments that balance operational complexity with purpose driven outcomes. Pragmatic and collaborative, you lead through clarity, accountability, and trust, fostering performance while keeping people and culture at the heart of decision making.

What's on Offer

This is a rare chance to join a well capitalised, Australian owned group entering an exciting phase of growth and diversification. The successful candidate will have scope to influence business strategy, innovation, and sustainability outcomes across both consumer and industrial segments. A strong remuneration package including STI will be offered to attract the right individual.