Job Description

Want to lead operations at one of the UK's most progressive soft fruit farms?
Ready to bring fresh ideas and make a real impact?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a large, fast-paced business producing strawberries and blueberries across 60+ hectares. With state-of-the-art irrigation and monitoring systems and a strong focus on innovation, this role offers the chance to shape operations and drive efficiency.
Whether you're able to hit the ground running or need some support to get up to speed, you'll have mentoring from an experienced Farm Manager and plenty of scope to develop.
What's the Job?
Reporting to the Operations Director, you'll oversee the day-to-day running of the farm operations team - managing everything from crop husbandry and irrigation to labour planning, health & safety, and harvest scheduling.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning crop production and scheduling tasks
• Forecasting fruit volumes and managing budgets.
• Managing teams, resources, and seasonal labour allocation
• Ensuring timely and efficient execution of all farm activities
• Maintaining high standards of health & safety and compliance
• Driving continuous improvement and operational efficiency

You'll be the link between the technical growing team and the operational workforce, turning plans into action and ensuring crops meet customer expectations.
What Do I Need?

• Experience in farming or large-scale crop production (soft fruit is ideal, but other crops are transferable)
• Knowledge of growing cycles and crop behaviour
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Ability to plan, prioritise, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Commercial awareness and confidence with data, forecasting, and KPIs

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary and relocation package if required.
• Mentoring from an experienced Farm Manager
• Opportunities to bring fresh ideas and shape the future of the farm.
• Career progression within a large, respected business

What's next?
For an informal chat, please call me, Sarah on 01780 480530, email sarah@morepeople.co.uk, or drop me a message on LinkedIn.
Don't worry if your CV isn't up to date, just send what you have, and we'll take it from there.
Company
MorePeople are a specialist recruitment business for the food, fresh produce, horticulture and agriculture industries. Founded in 2000 by two passionate foodies with vast experience in the industry, we're a growing team comprising of a mixture of ex-industry professionals and professional recruiters passionate about the sector.
Offering a functional approach to recruitment, we have dedicated expert teams to assist in all roles across a business;

• Commercial
• NPD
• Operations
• Technical
• Growing
• Agronomy
• Engineering
• Finance
• HR, Admin & IT
• Rural Surveyors, Land Agents & Estate Managers

The team are committed to offering the best recruitment service for all professional roles within the sectors in which we operate.
Find out more on our website at or call us on 01780 480530.
Company info Website Telephone 01780 480530 Location Cherryholt House
Cherryholt Road,
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2EP
United Kingdom
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