Horticultural Jobs UK

Location: Cambridgeshire (East Anglia)

Salary: Up to £35,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

Our client, based in Cambridgeshire, is a well known and highly regarded PR agency, with key interests in Agri and Food based business. They are currently looking for a PR Account Manager to join their team and to head up a number of very key accounts for them.

The Role

• Building and maintaining relationships, with a wide range of clients across Agri and food based industries
• Developing PR programmes, by utilising your gained understanding of your clients business and the issues they may face
• Managing key marketing projects, ensuring they run to schedule and budget
• Supporting the wider team and guiding/taking guidance where appropriate

The Candidate

• Will have experience in a journalistic/PR role with connections to agriculture
• Will ideally have successfully managed PR accounts, with the ability to develop and deliver effective campaigns
• Will be able to work effectively with the utmost attention to detail
• Will have a consistent and proactive approach to your work

Location: Evesham (West Midlands)

Salary: Up to £60,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

We are currently looking for an energetic and established produce trader, based in the Evesham area. If you have a few years experience working with wholesale markets and/or foodservice and have the potential to bring some immediate business with you, then this could be the perfect fit!

The Role

• Maintaining excellent level of service to a number of established and new customers
• Bringing new products to the business, whilst developing new customers and supply routes
• Working closely with the business, constantly ensuring the actions that are being taken are in their best interest

The Candidate

• Will ideally have a few years experience in wholesale/foodservice trading, but could also be a junior trader looking to step up and take more responsibility
• Must have fresh produce experience (doesn't matter if it is fruit, veg or salad) with your own book of supplier and customers
• Will be driven and hungry to develop business and relationships

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Morten Andresen. Morten specialises in our Sales and Commercial roles and is only too happy to have a confidential conversation to try and help you find the best role for you.

Location: Hampshire (South East)

Salary: Up to £35,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

We are currently working with a well regarded name in the horticulture sector. They are on the look out for an effective category analyst, to help guide and strengthen their retail supply product offering.

The Role

• Analysing market trends and guiding the commercial team, ensuring promotional and sales activity is having the desired affect
• Working with key market data and communicating any findings to both the customers and the business

The Candidate

• Will have experience working with key market data, such as Kantar and Nielsen. If you have any supermarket specific experience, then this will be advantageous.
• Must be an effective communicator as it is essential to keep in constant contact with a number of individuals
• Will have a good presentation style with good knowledge of Powerpoint and Excel

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Morten Andresen. Morten specialises in our Sales and Commercial roles and is only too happy to have a confidential conversation to try and help you find the best role for you.

Location: Kent (South East)

Salary: Up to £45,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

We have an excellent opportunity for a commercially astute candidate working in the fresh produce sector. We are currently working with a very progressive business, looking to strengthen their growing organisation with a supermarket focussed National Account Manager.

The Role

• Working closely with one or more major retail accounts ensuring strong communication links between the 2 businesses
• Developing new relationships and re-establishing lapsed supply opportunities
• Utilising category management techniques, ensuring you are constantly working to the best ends for both the business and customer

The Candidate

• Will have tried and tested experience in the fresh produce sector, either looking to take a step up into an account management role or who has excellent experience already
• Must have strong organisational skills in order to ensure efficient action-ing of potentially profitable opportunities
• Will have an enthusiasm to be part of a successful team as well as the ability to enhance it

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Morten Andresen. Morten specialises in our Sales and Commercial roles and is only too happy to have a confidential conversation to try and help you find the best role for you.

Location: Suffolk (East Anglia)

Salary: Circa £45,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

Our client is setting up a new venture to grow cut flowers for supply to the UK Retail & Supermarket Multiples. They are setting up a new Glasshouse in Suffolk which will have its heat etc. provided by a bio-digestion plant.

For this venture our client is seeking an expert in Cut Flowers / Lily production.

Candidates must have excellent hand-on management experience of these crops and be capable of bringing with them at least 5 years senior nursery management experience. The successful candidate should be able to help them expand the business and also have superb man-management and excellent communication skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven individual who wants to pursue their career within this sector!

Location: Kerry (Ireland)

Salary: £30,000 ~ £35,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

Our client is a specialist grower of hardy nursery stock; they are a leading producer of greenery which is used in the floristry trade, mainly for inclusion with flowers within bouquets. With a good loyal customer base looking for quality stock they are now on the lookout for a Production / General Manager who is capable of growing the quality of stock their customers demand.

For this role they are seeking a superb man-manager who can motivate and inspire staff to get the best out of them. Someone who understands the production of quality stock and is capable of producing it with minimal wastage and maximum profit. A dynamic individual who can assist in the day to day management of the extensive site and also ensure that customers' needs are satisfied.

Location: Norfolk (East Anglia)

Salary: Circa £30,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

One of the UK's principal nurseries and supplier to landscape and horticultural industries is looking for:

Contracts and Marketing Executive

Based in East Anglia, our client is a leading UK wholesale nursery growing high quality plants for the landscape industry. They are looking for a dynamic Sales and Contracts Executive to work alongside their Plant Consultant as part of the commercial team and to develop a Marketing and Development strategy. Applicants should have/be the following:

• dynamic and enthusiastic
• sales experience
• knowledge of the landscape industry
• good networking skills,
• well developed negotiating skills
• team responsibility
• well organised and efficient
• computer literate

This is a key position responsible to director level with promotion prospects, if successful to director level. The position is office based with regular nationwide travel. Company car an option.

Location: West Sussex (South East)

Salary: Circa £16,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

Our Client strives to be a market leading customer-focused business providing a high quality product that consistently meets their customer's expectations and returns a good profit back to the business. The business aims at all times to maintain a working environment where all employees enjoy working in their business.

Currently they are seeking a Cultural Assistant for their Growing Team and the duties and responsibilities of the cultural role will include;

• Checking of and watering of crops / plugs/ on a daily basis to the level required by the company in the most efficient way possible.
• To communicate with team leaders / site supervisor to ensure that watering and agrochemical applications are planned and managed to make the least disruption possible and to ensure best and optimum conditions for the plant.
• Checking of and maintaining and making adjustments to the greenhouses and tunnels to maintain the climate to a level required by the company.
• To apply agrochemicals as required and directed by the company
• To apply feed as required and directed by the company.
• To maintain all equipment used to a standard required by the company and or the manufacturer.
• To take measurements and maintain records as required by the company
• Responsible for the identification of and accurate location of pests and disease identified during the course of normal cultural duties.
• Accountable for the proper training and mentoring staff as agreed with the site supervisor so that standard company operating procedures and practices are carried out correctly.
• Accountable for the maintenance of quality systems, standard operating and maintenance procedures as directed by the Site Supervisor.
• To be aware of company Health and Safety Policy, and ensure that all staff on site work within it and to advise the Site Supervisor of any breaches or safety issues that come to light.
• In agreement with the Site Supervisor responsible for training and mentoring of other members of staff so that they are familiar with the systems and / or equipment in place to maintain illness or holiday cover for the cultural role.
• To carry out other tasks (that may be at other locations) that the company may reasonably expect to be done and that are within the capabilities of someone performing the cultural role.

For this role they are seeking a dynamic individual who is a keen team player, has a good education in horticulture and is looking to further their career within the commercial sector. Good career opportunities are available long term and training may also be provided.

Location: Cambridgeshire (East Anglia)

Salary: £25,000 ~ £40,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

An excellent opportunity to joining a leading fresh produce business as Product Manager, reporting into the Product Director, you will have responsibility for day to day / week to week for your product portfolio to deliver all year round supply, and well as supporting individual crop strategies.

The role

• You will work very closely with growers and customers, to co-ordinate availability and sales of products
• Ensure best returns possible for growers
• Working closely with the trials team, to ensure you are at the forefront of any new varieties coming onto the market
• Ensure quality aspirations are in line with availability in the fields

The candidate

• Experience with growing, harvest, and product co-ordination within fresh produce
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Good planning and organisation skills, with the ability to analyse numbers and reach conclusions
• Good financial understanding

Location: Worcestershire (West Midlands)

Salary: £25,000 ~ £30,000

Job Type: Full-Time

Duration: Permanent

A great opportunity to join a leading fresh produce business to manage the day to day quality systems for the business, including due diligence and management of the quality auditors.

The role

• Operating and managing the central Quality System
• Responsibility for managing BRC audit of central system
• Managing the internal audit program
• Maintaining import supplier due diligence records.
• Being part of daily stock selection / order planning based on quality with production team
• Managing quality claims process
• Implementation of further ERP system developments (quality control modules)

The candidate

• Internal auditor trained and BRC experience
• QMS experience
• Excellent communicator
• Staff Management
• HACCP trained
• Fruit experience preferred