The Company
AuctionsPlus is Australia’s largest digital sales and marketing platform for agricultural products, facilitating $3.5 billion worth of transactions per annum. A more recent diversification away from livestock listings and auctions, presents significant further growth opportunities for the future.
The Position
AuctionsPlus is now seeking a dynamic and innovative leader to continue to grow their market position targeting sustainable growth in sales and market share through efficient and simple tech solutions, focusing on execution, engagement and education.
Reporting to the board and supported by a passionate & dynamic team, the CEO will have overall responsibility for the leadership, management, strategic implementation, growth, profitability, and commercial success of AuctionsPlus. This includes positioning the company as a national marketplace leader within the industry and broader primary sector.
The Person
We are very keen to hear from you if you possess the following background, key skills and attributes:
1. Proven CEO or Executive level experience leading multiple divisions or a full end to end business, ideally with exposure to the Australian agricultural sector
2. Proven sales & marketing success in a consumer orientated industry, including the ability to grow, nourish and protect high profile brands
3. Proven leadership, with high level emotional intelligence, leading from the front in developing a motivated, high performing team
4. Successful background in building and maintaining high level strategic stakeholder relationships with a broad range of industry participants
5. Track record of innovation relating to products, processes or culture
6. Demonstrated experience in building a high-performance culture characterised by commercial thinking, factual decision making and a winning mindset
7. Strong business acumen and financial literacy with sounds P&L, balance sheet and cash flow management understanding
8. High levels of initiative, self-motivation and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
9. Passionate & results orientated to continually drive high level performance
If you have a solid track record of building business in a dynamic, cutting-edge marketplace, then this role represents a great career opportunity, leading a growing innovative agribusiness that is challenging the traditional ways of marketing agricultural products.