Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Lasland Sp. z o.o. is part of (the privately owned) KRONEN® Group, a global player in the production of highest quality professional substrates and potting soils. The Group consists of six companies with own area of operations, where great focus is put on sharing information to reach the highest level of knowledge within the Group. The company Lasland Sp. z o.o. employs 100 people whose commitment and expertise, in combination with state-of-the-art production facilities, enables the company to offer world top-class products around the world.

Lasland, located in Grądy (zachodniopomorskie) nearby the Polish coast, is the Group’s main raw material source and production site for professional substrates as well as retail potting soils, bark and wood fibre. The site is unique because it is managing its own peat bogs and simultaneously operating its own wood fibre plant. To assist the CEO in the day-to-day management and strategic development of the company we are currently looking for a Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Assist the CEO in the day-to-day operations and strategic management of the organization.

Medium-term perspective: Through own commitment develop into the position of
a Management Board Member and the CEO with overall responsibility.

• Cooperate with the company’s Management Board, Management Team and owners of the KRONEN® Group in the operational and strategic management of the company.
• Assist in and plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations.
• Share responsibility for the optimization of processes, support the activities of individual departments, take up personnel management and work planning tasks in order to improve effective performance of the employees (around 100 people).
• Get the production optimal and improve processes where possible, while maintaining compliance with current quality (e.g. ISO), environmental and safety standards. Actively participate in production meetings and in the development of procedures & instructions.
• Propose actions and ideas to improve and develop the company.
• Be jointly responsible for P&L, production output, product quality and on-time shipping. Cooperate with the managers of individual departments (production, maintenance, quality, packaging, logistics, sales) in order to guarantee a smooth operation of the production plant.
• Ongoing analysis of the market, trends and competition in terms of prices and services. Independent search for new business partners.
• Assure and supervise the correct use of the ERP system in the company.
• Conduct negotiations on the terms of cooperation with key suppliers.
• Identify and take care of every detail of the KRONEN® brand in the eyes of customers, suppliers and other business partners.
• Prepare reports for different stakeholders in the Group.
• The Deputy Chief Executive Officer closely cooperates with and reports directly to the CEO.

An ambitious People oriented Manager with an eye for detail.

Requirements:

• Master Degree in Production Management, Horticulture, Agriculture or Business Administration.
• Minimum 5-10 years of production or operational experience in a ‘fresh production’, chemical (e.g. fertilizers) or agricultural inputs environment, with planning responsibilities.
• Native Polish and fluency in English.
• Valid driving license cat. B.
• A positive ‘can do’ attitude, creative, self-motivated and result driven.

Competences:

• Ability to ensure coaching and development of a larger team.
• Team player, well developed personal and interpersonal skills, self-motivated, honest and forthright, able to persuade and to inspire others and to communicate with people at all levels.
• Pro-active, goal oriented with an open and entrepreneurial mind set and a good commercial business acumen combined with natural leadership.
• Excellent communicative, analytical and problem-solving skills.

You will enjoy a nice working atmosphere in a dynamic and fast-moving environment. Our client offers you a versatile job with a high level of autonomy, short communication lines and open company culture. Working at Lasland - KRONEN® means working for a company with a high international appearance and an established market position in the horticultural industry. You will be offered the chance to develop and implement your own initiatives, to have impact on the business and to grow together with the company. The company strongly invests in the latest technological, logistic and IT solutions, and the production plant of Lasland has the most modern production equipment. You will have the possibility to develop yourself through constant contact with technology and top-class business partners in the country and abroad (Europe, Asia and Middle East) whereas most transactions are carried out in the domestic market. Once you got familiar with the company and proved yourself you will have the possibility to join the company’s Management Board. On medium-term you will have the chance to develop into the role of CEO. A market-competitive remuneration package is foreseen (incl. car, smartphone, laptop etc.) as well as a relocation package will be offered to ease the transition.

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Our client has outsourced the Recruitment and Selection for the Deputy Chief Executive Officer exclusively to CeresRecruitment. More info regarding Lasland and the KRONEN® Group can be found on https://kronen.com.pl/ and on http://kronen-substrates.com/kronen-group.
A personality questionnaire can be part of the recruitment process.