Greenhouse Operations Manager
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Greenhouse Operations Manager to join our Propagation operation within G’s, one of the largest fresh food producers in the UK and Europe.
Based near Ely in Cambridgeshire, G’s Growers Nurseries Ltd is an incredibly exciting place to work at the forefront of modern food production and distribution. We work within the core of G’s fully vertically integrated leafy production operation, making it fast paced, stimulating, and extremely rewarding for the right candidate. We are dedicated to quality and service. As a Greenhouse Operations Manager you have full responsibility for all staff working on the operations, covering key areas of health and safety, quality, cost, operations and yield. You will be leading in the executing of weekly operations – sowing, irrigation, spraying - in line with our growing programmes.
Key responsibilities of our Greenhouse Operations Manager include:
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- Day to day managing of site, production operations.
- Control stock of key raw material (growing media, seed stock).
- Liaise with suppliers and Greenhouse customers to maintain timely supply.
- With the Technical Agronomist and other stakeholders, develop and maintain trials.
- Be a key team player within the Nursery and G’s as a whole.
- Lead and develop a professional, high performing team with a strong safety culture and pride in their work.
- Lead innovation workstreams across the business to deliver industry leading excellence.
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The ideal candidate:
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- Experience in fast paced greenhouse production would be ideal.
- Ability to lead and motivate.
- Excellent levels of communication at all levels.
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic regarding the challenges of a continuously changing environment.
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload agreed within deadlines.
- Business Acumen.
- Resilience development within the team and operations.
- Ability to manage change.
- People management – ability to get the most out of people and to motivate them.
- Passion for growing-system excellence with good attention to detail.
- Understanding of automated machinery or potential to learn
- Driving licence
- Forklift driving license, PA1 – 2 and 6 (advantageous)
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What we offer:
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- 31 Days holiday per year including bank holidays.
- Great Place to Work accredited.
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme available
- Cinema and Sky Store discounts
- Supermarket & other retailer discounts
- Health Cash Plan
- Holiday discounts
- Life assurance & income protection
- Employee referral scheme
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Cycle to Work
- Eyecare contributions
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
- Learning, development, and training opportunities including mentoring.
- Regular social and charity events
- Engagement in local community & early careers events
- Onsite health checks, & annual flu jabs
- Regular wellbeing sessions.
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We politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.