Food
Manufacturing
and Retail
Expansion. Quality. Innovation.
The value of Australia’s agrifood exports is growing. Our stellar reputation for quality food and fibre means the sector can continue to develop and scale for the next generation. To do so, businesses need employees with their minds set on innovation, with a drive not just to reach targets, but exceed them.
Managers and HR departments have told us in our industry research that they struggle to find candidates that match the attitude and development needs of their organisation. That’s where our recruitment process starts. We communicate with clients about what the job requires, from the technical to the behavioural, and seek out candidates from our extensive talent pool who are oriented towards the same future.
A booming industry starts with good people.
Australia’s largest manufacturing industry is food and beverage processing. That’s not just a whole lot of work, but a whole lot of people that need to be passionate about what they do. With our local resources and capable recruiters, we know how to find them.
There’s also more than 2500 agritech and foodtech organisations operating across Australia. From foodtech to food processing, from startups to world-class research institutes, we specialise in finding longterm fits for businesses and jobseekers alike.
We recruit food manufacturers and retail talent
across a range of roles.
Our recruitment team.
Dr Ray Johnson
From research scientist to CEO to company director, Ray has worked at senior levels in the industry for over 20 years and in the industry generally since 1983. That 33-year history gives him deep networks and people management experience.
Brett Price
From animal nutritionist to general management to recruitment, Brett is a consummate relationship builder, with a network to match.
Howard Wootton
Howard’s senior management experience of over 33 years encompasses general management, sales, operations and recruitment in the agribusiness, food and facility services sectors.
David Compton
Grown up on properties in the NSW Southern Highlands and South-West Slopes, Dave has an extensive background in both recruitment and agriculture, and has successfully brought the two together to specialize in Agribusiness recruitment.
Lauren McNally
Having built a successful career with leading agricultural enterprises, Lauren offers a unique ability to deliver long-term partnerships between candidates and the Ag industry.
Peter Walters
Peter’s extensive career history with leading rural retailers and international agrochemical companies allows him to forge a strong understanding within the sectors of large scale and corporate farming.
What’s new?
Let’s look at the current trends in job demand and talent availability in the agriculture and agribusiness sector in Australia over the second half of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024. There was a weakening of job demand in this sector but a slight improvement in candidate availability and job interest during this period….
In times past, people’s working lives often played out over many years at one company, but now the world has vastly changed. These days it is common to shift between jobs and organisations, but this practice raises questions as to what is today considered the Goldilocks time to spend in a job? How often do…
Employee retention matters. Organisational issues such as training time and investment, lost knowledge, mourning, insecure co-workers and a costly candidate search aside; failing to retain a key employee is costly. Various estimates suggest that losing a middle manager costs an organisation up to 100 percent of their salary. The loss of a senior executive is…