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Our client is a highly innovative leader within their field and one of the largest vegetable plant propagators in the UK. The team has decades of experience, with growing practices being meticulously refined to ensure the highest standard of plants are available for customers. Due to continued success, they are now searching for a hands-on Growing Manager to drive agronomic excellence throughout their plant propagation and growing department.
The key objective is to manage all growing stages to ensure the overall production plan is met, that plant husbandry requirements are delivered, and that each department works in a timely fashion to manage the interchange of stock between the functional teams. Resource planning is key including understanding the seasonal variation of resource requirement. Phasing the Sowing Plan and the Transplanting Plan is critical due to crop development, as is identifying growing space in advance of the transplanting stage.
The Role
The day to day management of the nurseries growing sites. To include people management & development, irrigation management, climate management, identification and control of P&D and coordination of pesticide spraying. The Growing Manager will sit within the business’ senior leadership team and be expected to contribute to future business direction and capital investment planning. In addition to analyse previous and current investments and report on all activity within the functional area.
Your Profile
You will be an effective communicator with extensive crop production experience within the Horticultural sector. You will need to demonstrate the ability to proactively manage teams, all crop P&D, fertigation strategies and be confident with environment control systems. Confident when dealing with others, able to influence and engender change.
As part of our clients on-going development plans, they are happy to consider all levels of experience as they anticipate multiple opportunities within their business throughout 2026.
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