Milk Supply Officer - Northern Region, SEQ

at  Norco Cooperative Ltd

ABOUT US:

Norco is Australia’s largest and oldest dairy co-operative with 128 years of expertise in Australian dairy and agriculture. We are proudly 100% Australian farmer-owned with a community of 292 producers across 199 farms located along the eastern seaboard of Australia.
We offer expertise in food and rural retailing, supporting our communities and customers through a ground up approach. This starts with producing quality nutritional and agricultural solutions for our farmers and continues through our quality-controlled production facilities and ends up delivering Australia’s best tasting dairy to our customers and communities, whom we are proud to serve.
Since 1895, every product and breakthrough has been powered by generations of employees who are inspired to make a real difference. We offer a fun, supportive and friendly work environment, and the opportunity to work with a household brand name Australian families have come to know and trust.
Location: Northern Region, Southeast Queensland
Our Milk Supply team is seeking a qualified and passionate Milk Supply Officer for our Northern Region. This role is a critical resource for our business and our dairy farmers in Southeast Queensland and therefore we are flexible around where the successful candidate may wish to locate themselves.

In doing so, your key accountabilities will include:

• Establishing and maintaining constructive relationships with all key stakeholders across Norco’s raw milk supply chain.
• Providing high-quality and accurate technical referral support to Norco’s milk suppliers.
• Supporting our suppliers in all facets of a dairy business, including budgeting, agronomy, nutrition, herd management, sustainability, and biosecurity, as appropriate for each supplier.
• Guiding and assisting the implementation of projects to address specific milk quality, sustainability, or productivity issues among suppliers.
• Guiding and assisting the implementation of projects and programs to increase the long-term sustainability and profitability of our business’s suppliers.
• Acting as the conduit between our business and suppliers to drive engagement and ensure effective communication of initiatives and changes that impact suppliers

Reporting to the Commercial Manager – Milk Supply, your key focus will be to proactively manage the relationship between our business and our dairy farmer members to ensure the supply of premium quality milk to our factories.

In doing so, your key accountabilities will include:

• Establishing and maintaining constructive relationships with all key stakeholders across Norco’s raw milk supply chain.
• Providing high-quality and accurate technical referral support to Norco’s milk suppliers.
• Supporting our suppliers in all facets of a dairy business, including budgeting, agronomy, nutrition, herd management, sustainability, and biosecurity, as appropriate for each supplier.
• Guiding and assisting the implementation of projects to address specific milk quality, sustainability, or productivity issues among suppliers.
• Guiding and assisting the implementation of projects and programs to increase the long-term sustainability and profitability of our business’s suppliers.
• Acting as the conduit between our business and suppliers to drive engagement and ensure effective communication of initiatives and changes that impact suppliers.

What You Will Bring to the Role:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science, Agribusiness, or a related discipline is essential.
• Experience in animal nutrition will be viewed favourably.
• Proven experience working as a trusted Milk Supply Officer in the dairy industry.
• The ability to relate and build genuine rapport with farmers.
• A solid understanding of the issues related to on-farm milk quality.
• Experience in farm QA programs with an understanding of quality control and audit systems.
• An understanding of technical issues relevant to dairy farm management.
• Knowledge of on-farm sustainability improvement programs.
• The ability to work independently with a collaborative and strong team ethos.
• A genuine desire to leverage your skills and experiences to support the improvement of farmers and their business.
• Comfort with flexible work hours and the ability to travel to conduct farm visits is essential.

Come Join the Team! We’ll Support You With:

• A competitive remuneration package.
• The opportunity to make an impact and grow your career through our in-house leadership program and external industry partnerships.
• Flexible work arrangements, including working from home.
• A values-based, passionate, driven, and supportive team.
• A tool-of-trade motor vehicle.
• Access to company discounts and savings via our reward and recognition platform.

We are a co-operative success story with a long and rich history in Australia. If you are passionate about Australian agriculture and have a desire to work for a growing and innovative company, you should talk with us.