The Company
Our client is a leader in providing science based, agricultural field research services, conducting trials in the major broadacre and horticultural cropping regions of Australia. With offices and staff strategically positioned, providing a full suite of services, they are focussed on helping advance new technologies to market and developing new agricultural inputs and systems.
With experienced staff and working with leading edge technology, business is based on delivering results and creating great relationships with clients, so they are committed to open and consistent communication.
The research work is comprehensive and diverse covering a wide range of broadacre and horticultural trees & crops across residue, efficacy and breeding trials.
The role
A vacancy now exists for a Business Manager
to manage the northern research unit across NNSW and Qld. This diverse role fundamentally supports your regional managers and drives business.
Reporting to the National Business Manager, you will be responsible for:
Developing and leading teams
High quality trial execution
Maintaining strong client relationships
Achieving commercial targets
Ensuring compliance with company policy and safety standards
This involves working closely with your team of two Regional Managers and associated regionally based operations / logistics staff.
Being a management role, there is limited time in field and travelling.
The Person




The successful person will have the following skills and attributes:
Leadership experience (build, manage high performing teams)
Excellent communications and stakeholder engagement skills
Significant experience managing R&D; field trials across diverse crops and environments
Ability to manage logistics (people, equipment, operations)
Strong commercial acumen (budgeting, quoting, revenue generation)
Relevant tertiary qualifications in Agriculture/ Business /Commerce
You will likely have an established skilled reputation with strong networks across industry, private and public sectors.
A generous salary package including vehicle is on offer for the successful candidate. Toowoomba or Brisbane are ideal locations for this role, so would suit candidates with growing families requiring education, cultural or sporting facilities.
You may have field trial work experience with crop protection or seed suppliers, rural retail distribution, university or government department research or Research Development Corporations (RDC's) and now looking for a new challenge, to step up into a leadership role.
Come and join a leading research agribusiness, bringing your style of people leadership and business management skills. The skilled and dynamic team is growing, accumulating a wealth of experience, providing growth and learning opportunities around the country.
Please call Al Kellaway on ******** *** for a discussion and copy of the Position Description, or apply via

📌 Business Manager- Field Crop Research (Queensland)
🏢 Rimfire Resources
📍 Queensland