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Head of Crop Production

Employer
MorePeople
Location
Kent
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
3 Jan 2019

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Our client is a well-known, leading fresh produce business that has a proven track record of producing quality fruit for the principal UK retailers. We are working with them as they seek a Head of Crop Production to support them as they continue to experience successful business growth.

This is great opportunity for you to lead the strategic objective of ensuring that your growers are sustainable and effective. You'll have the opportunity to provide growers with leading services to enable them to produce industry leading fruit for a variety of customers.

You'll do this by:
Directing the group's crop production forecasts to ensure that you meet customer demand.
Liaising with propagators to manage plant order forecasting.
Leading a team of expert fruit agronomists.
Managing trial designs of new varieties and growing techniques.
Providing scientific support to growers.
Encouraging best practise and continuous improvement across all teams.

We would love to hear from candidates who:
Have extensive experience of working in a similar role, preferably in soft fruit, horticultural crop production or crop advice.
Have fantastic communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
Enjoy working in a team.

If you would like to find out more please contact Edina Bremner on 01780 480 530 or edina@morepeople.co.uk for a confidential conversation or apply via the link.

Company

MorePeople is a specialist recruitment business providing permanent and interim solutions for the Produce & Horticulture, Food, Agriculture and Garden & Leisure sectors across the UK and internationally. Our focus is on retail and foodservice supply chains, from ‘own label’ suppliers to blue chip brands.

Founded in 2000, our team comprises extremely knowledgeable ex-industry professionals and professional recruiters who are passionate about the sectors. We take a functional approach to recruitment with dedicated teams for Commercial, Technical, Operational, HR and Finance roles. The majority of placements are for permanent, full-time professional roles ranging from Junior Managers to Senior Directors.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01780 480530
Location
Riverside Suite
Cherryholt House
Cherryholt Road
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2EP
United Kingdom

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