General Manager

About the job

Our mission at xFarm Technologies is to drive the digital transformation in agriculture by improving the lives of millions of farmers, acting for the increase of environmental, economic and social sustainability of the sector.

We do this by developing digital tools and consulting projects, providing a Smart Farming digital ecosystem for all the actors of the agri-food supply chain, consisting of apps, sensors, software integrations and advanced analytics tools. Today, xFarm products are already used by more than 350 thousand farms on more than three million hectares, mainly in Europe and South America.

 

Now it’s time to open our first branch in South America and we need you!

 

We are looking for the General Manager that will help us in open and run the Brazilian branch.That’s the ideal opportunity for an experienced middle management candidate that wants to put itself to the next level on his professional career

 

Your responsibility:

  • Onboard business projects to differents already existing customers
  • Keeping relationships with all the stakeholders for successful and sustainable win-win business
  • Identify opportunities and threats and develop appropriate actions
  • Build comprehensive work plans, aligned with the company’s strategy
  • Define and manage KPI’s for the team.
  • Mentor and motivate the team will be built up
  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence
  • Direct and oversee day-to-day operations
  • Manage efficient resource allocation and utilization optimized
  • Stay on top of industry trends, market dynamics, and competitors
  • Monitor industry changes and competitor performance

 

Qualifications

  • Appropriate college degree in Agriculture or related
  • Extensive middle management experience, in agriculture or in food industry
  • Ability to lead, motivate and develop staff.
  • Have strategic planning, marketing, financial management, operational management skills
  • Knowledge of water, electronics, software, data and agricultural industries.
  • Negotiation and partnering skills.
  • Appropriate career positions and tenure, to set into General Manager role

 

Your opportunities

  • Working in a smart, digital, fast and efficient environment
  • Cooperate closely with the founders and the others Global BU Manager
  • Extremely young and dynamic working environment
  • Develop your experience in a rapidly growing market, such as AgTech, in Brasil and around the world, by collaborating with the product team, agronomic R&D and our team of managers in the offices in Milan, Rome, Lugano, Barcelona, Lyon, Krakow, Munchen
  • Choose the path to success - you will have the freedom to define the vision and the responsibility to make it happen

 

Additional Capabilities (as strong plus)

  • Strong interest in Digital Farming as a whole
  • Experience in Digital and Precision Farming systems
  • Experience in Ag Machinery or Smart Farming companies
  • Knowledge of Salesforce CRM
  • Autonomy
  • Flexibility
  • Problem-solving
  • Teamwork
  • Attention to details
  • Effective time and priority management
  • Continuous learning

Other information

  • Interested persons may send their application with authorization in accordance with dlgs. 196/2003. The search respects Legislative Decree 198/2006 and is open to candidates of any orientation or expression of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and religious belief. This announcement is designed with diversity and inclusiveness in mind