Job Description

Ready to take charge of one of the most important crops in UK horticulture?
Want to lead a team that's driving yields, quality, and innovation forward?
If you're an experienced soft fruit grower who's ready for more responsibility, this could be the move for which you've been waiting.
What's the Job?
As Grower Manager, you'll be responsible for delivering high-yielding, top-quality strawberry crops across multiple production systems. This is a role that blends technical expertise with operational oversight, leading your team to hit production targets, optimise plant health, and keep customers happy.
You'll be:

• Leading the growing team to deliver planting and harvesting targets.
• Planning and forecasting crops across glasshouses, heated tunnels, and traditional systems
• Monitoring crop health, pests, and diseases, and implementing robust biological and crop protection programmes.
• Using PRIVA for heating, irrigation, and fertigation strategies, adjusting feed and substrates as needed
• Keeping accurate crop records and reporting monthly against budget
• Supporting varietal development and learning how to maximise new genetics from the breeding programme.
• Driving continuous improvement and embedding a culture of efficiency, safety, and teamwork

You'll be joining one of the UK's leading producers of soft fruit, supplying the country's biggest retailers with consistently high-quality crops. They're forward-thinking and constantly evolving, so this could not only be your next job, but the one after that, too.
What You'll Need

• A strong background in commercial soft fruit growing.
• A solid technical knowledge of crop husbandry, forecasting, and pest/disease management
• Confidence in using PRIVA systems for irrigation and climate control.
• It'd be great if you have FACTS and/or BASIS, but it's not essential.
• People management skills - able to build, develop and lead a motivated, growing team.
• A practical, problem-solving mindset with a commercial awareness of customer requirements

What's on Offer

• A senior grower role with real influence and autonomy
• The chance to work with innovative varieties and technology in soft fruit production.
• A supportive, forward-thinking business with strong retail partnerships
• Competitive salary DOE + benefits

What's Next?
Please call me at 01780 480530, email me at sarah@morepeople.co.uk, or send me a message on LinkedIn.
Don't worry if your CV isn't quite up to date - send what you've got, and we'll sort the rest later.
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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