Senior Director, Agricultural Quality
Multi-function / multi-region leader
Career Explorer · Hospitality, Food & Agricultural Operations · Agricultural Quality Management
Standard where organizational scale supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Large department / multiple portfolios
- Scope
- Large department / multiple portfolios
- Time horizon
- 2-3 years
- Expertise and judgement
- Integrates functions, shapes enterprise decisions, builds leadership pipeline
- Expected impact
- Large-scale transformation and business results
Expected skills (24)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (14)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Decision making Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Delegation Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Executive communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Stakeholder management Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent development Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Conflict resolution Communication & Influence | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Operational discipline Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Operational discipline across teams. |
| Quality mindset Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Quality mindset across teams. |
| Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Safety-first judgment across teams. |
Professional (10)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Financial acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Performance management Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Quality & Regulatory | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Food sanitation Food & Agriculture | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Food sanitation, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Quality & Regulatory | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Guest relations Hospitality | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Guest relations, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Hospitality service recovery Hospitality | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Hospitality service recovery, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Quality Management Systems (QMS) Quality & Regulatory | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Quality Management Systems (QMS), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- AVP / Head of Agricultural QualityM5Management promotion
Move into a major function/geography executive layer; translate enterprise strategy into a broad operating domain and own strategic outcomes.
What changes to advance
Move into a major function/geography executive layer; translate enterprise strategy into a broad operating domain and own strategic outcomes.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; SFIA; PMI · MF334-M4