- Become a pivotal leader in a growing and market leading organisation.
- Promote a culture of safety, high performance and continuous improvement.
- Lead, mentor & coach to drive best practice.
WHY BALLANCE?
Rewarding the great work of our team is important, which is why we offer a range of benefits for you and your family including:
- Free Life, Income and Trauma Insurance.
- Free Medical Insurance for you and your immediate family.
- Access to free confidential support services including EAP.
- On-going learning and development opportunities.
- Job security and excellent career progression opportunities.
- Excellent Parental Leave benefits.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The purpose of this role is to partner with the business, taking your stakeholders with your commercial value creation. Our Commercial Manager’s take a leadership focus on operational, financial and capital requirements across multiple teams and departments to enable the business to deliver on strategic objectives and critical areas of focus. This also includes oversight of assigned local finance functions, planning and forecasting and connects laterally across the group with wider centralised support functions.
ABOUT YOU
You’re a confident team player with 10+ years of commercial experience who understands the responsibilities of the company and has the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders at once. You will be most suited to the role if you:
- Have outstanding people skills; you are a talented leader, mentor, coach, negotiator, resolver of conflict & enabler.
- Are grounded in management and ideally have experience working in larger manufacturing/petrochem organisations.
- Are able to see the bigger picture, communicate the company vision and achieve buy-in from all parties. While this role is responsible for the finance activities at the Kapuni site, taking a broader enterprise view is essential to achieve overall company objectives.
- Can demonstrate financial acumen, analytical prowess and have an entrepreneurial mindset
- Have proven capability to cultivate and oversee new business opportunities – performance and results focused and delivery of strategic outcomes.
- Have exceptional written, presentation and verbal communication abilities – able to lead with the Board and strategic negotiation.
- Have a hands-on approach, analytical ability and courage to challenge the status quo.
- Ideally hold a relevant tertiary qualification.
ABOUT US
We love New Zealand, and we care about our growth, our land, and our people. We work together to create a future we can all be proud of every day.
Our values of Imagination, Bravery, Connections and Honesty mean we look out for each other and stand for what we believe in. We take ownership for growing and developing ourselves and supporting and challenging each other so we can all reach our full potential.
Here at Ballance, you have a part to play. You can make your place and are free to make a real difference.
Together, we care about our people and our place, about the future of farming and New Zealand and we'd would love for you to join us – “Growing together, caring for people and the land. All in for the future of farming”.
Applications close 15 June 2025