Wool Technical Manager
Elders
- Ravenhall, VIC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Train, mentor and develop wool technical staff.
- Oversee the lotting process to ensure wool is lotted and presented for sale correctly.
- Supervise the wool technical staff to apply accurate AWEX ID and wool appraisals.
- Coordinate sale day staff at the weekly wool sales.
- Provide technical and marketing support and advice to clients, District Wool Managers, Wool Sales Manager, agents and the branch network
- Supervise the daily job list to ensure tasks are carried out on time
- An excellent understanding of wool brokering and the wool industry.
- Excellent wool technical skills and knowledge of the value of various wool types
- Experience managing, supervising, mentoring and developing staff
- A strong commercial focus with the ability to problem solve and the ability to negotiate and settle claims
- Sound organisational and time management skills to ensure deadlines are met
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working in shearing sheds or on rural sheep operations
- A sound understanding of how a rehandle or reclass facility operates
- An understanding of risk management
- Excellent computer skills
- An understanding of Quality Systems such as RWS