Team Leader Agro-Advisory South-East

Within the new structure of the Advisory+ service column, we are continuing to build strong clusters, including the Business Advisory cluster. From this cluster, we support agricultural entrepreneurs with issues surrounding strategy, growth, financing, and business succession.

For this cluster, we are looking for a Team Leader Agro-Advisory for the South-East region. This includes our offices in the Achterhoek, Gelderse Vallei, Twente, and the Zwolle area. A strong personality who provides direction, creates connection, and helps colleagues further develop. Someone who gets energy from building strong teams, stimulates collaboration, and responds to developments and opportunities within the agricultural sector.

In this role, you will get the space to make an impact on the further development of our advisory practice and on the growth of our colleagues within Business Advisory.

As Team Leader in this cluster, you are responsible for the management and development of the agro-advisory team in the South-East. You ensure that the team collaborates optimally, shares knowledge, and advises clients at a high level. You translate strategic objectives into a clear business plan and manage based on results, quality, and growth. At the same time, you are a connecting leader who helps employees develop and bring out the best in themselves.

In addition to your role as team leader, you are the portfolio holder for one of the four strategic management quadrants within your cluster: HR, Quality, Operations, or Customer & Market, and you are part of a cluster MT. From this portfolio, you have a coordinating, signaling, and implementing role for the entire cluster. Depending on your profile, you can also act as a process owner within Business Process Management (BPM) and take responsibility for improving processes within the organization. You are visible in the market and actively contribute to strengthening Countus's position in the agricultural sector.

In short, you will be involved in, among other things:

• Developing and realizing the team's business plan, which is embedded in the cluster plan;

• Managing financial results, productivity, and returns of your team;

• Managing, coaching, and developing advisors within your team;

• Strengthening collaboration with the Accountancy+ service column and clusters linked to your advisory team;

• Maintaining and expanding relationships with agricultural entrepreneurs;

• Identifying developments in the agricultural sector and translating these into advisory opportunities;

• Initiating knowledge sharing, professional development, and innovative advisory services;

• An active role in the cluster MT from your portfolio;

• Contributing to organization-wide themes as the portfolio holder of one of the strategic management quadrants;

• Working in the business for about 30% of your time with your own client advice;

• Possibly acting as a chain process owner (BPM) and contributing to process improvement.

You work in an environment where collegiality, accessibility, and quality go hand in hand. In addition, you will receive plenty of space to help build the further development of the teams and the services in the East region.

With us, you work vitally, agilely, and with pleasure, with room for balance and initiative.

You are an entrepreneurial leader with a strong affinity for the agricultural sector – dairy farming and/or arable farming. You combine substantive knowledge with leadership and know how to motivate professionals to achieve results together.  

In addition, you bring: 

• HBO+ working and thinking level; 

• Multiple years of relevant work experience within agricultural advisory; 

• Strong quality awareness and an eye for professional standards; 

• Experience in guiding, managing, and coaching professionals (preferably with continuing education (PE) obligations); 

• Strong connecting and collaboration-oriented leadership; 

• Strong communication skills; 

• The ability to effectively guide teams even remotely; 

• Stimulating development, entrepreneurship, and knowledge sharing within teams; 

• Affinity with the agricultural sector and the developments within it.