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The General Manager provides strong division leadership and represents company values to all employees, customers, and to the community. This position has primary P & L responsibility for the division, ensuring that the human, equipment, and corporate resources are planned and deployed to meet annual grower subscription, production, inventory management, and profit goals. This position is also responsible for the development and maintenance of the grower relationships and acres required for meeting tonnage goals. This position facilitates excellent performance and communication among the different functions and departments in the company and with Abengoa.

Intensely manage the day to day harvest activities to ensure efficient, effective, and dependable operations. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of all procedures and techniques to ensure industry leading innovation and knowledge. Manage all employees within operations to ensure complete alignment toward all goals. Develop initiatives and procedures to meet specific quality, quantity, and financial goals.Responsible for effective day to day management of operations• Leads all harvest managers and supervisors to obtain operational success• Alignment of all people and operations toward productivity and profitability goals • Improve productivity by alignment of human resources with tools and materials needed to be effective• Maintain systems, procedures, and policies that ensure alignment of operations towards meeting long term and short term goals • Help develop and implement a long term strategy for being a lowest cost producer through innovation and new processes• Continue to develop a program of operational innovation• Management of expenses to stay within an operating budget, with a focus on operating R&M, fuel, and labor• Help oversee scheduled maintenance, repair, and management of all equipment and shop activities• Ensure all assets are fully utilized and operating efficiently• Responsible for a successful operational safety program• Maintain good communication within the organizational structure• Ensure equipment operators understand their responsibility for quality• Leading in a way that honors our valued relationships and reputation