# Regional Head of Agriculture

**Company**: Barclays
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Regional Head of Agriculture for the South West region.

You will lead a team of Agricultural Relationship Directors and Managers, driving commercial performance, strategic execution and colleague development across the region. You will be accountable for delivering business growth, deepening client relationships and ensuring consistent execution of Barclays' Agriculture strategy.

Working closely with colleagues across Business Banking and specialist functions, you will create a high-performance culture focused on good client outcomes, business development, risk management and sustainable growth. As the regional face of Barclays Agriculture, you will represent the bank externally, strengthen industry relationships and identify opportunities to enhance our position within the sector.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Develop strategic direction for relationship management, including implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.

- Manage relationship management initiatives, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.

- Conduct thorough market research to understand market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify market opportunities.

- Monitor the financial performance of relationship management, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.

- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.

**Requirements:**

- Proven leadership experience within the agriculture sector, or another specialist commercial banking sector.

- Strong track record of driving commercial performance and delivering against strategic objectives.

- Excellent commercial acumen, with the ability to identify and execute on growth opportunities while responding to competitive pressures.

- Strong financial and portfolio management expertise.

- Experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams.

**Desired Criteria:**

- Strong knowledge and experience of agricultural credit and lending.

- Experience developing strategic relationships across industry bodies, professional introducers and key sector stakeholders.

- Understanding of market dynamics, customer needs and emerging opportunities within the agricultural sector.

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- commercial acumen
- financial management
- team management

### Nice to have
- agricultural credit and lending
- strategic relationships
- market dynamics

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