Autonomous Crop Manager: Lead Vegetable Production & Harvest

Redfox Executive Selection Ltd; Chatteris; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Redfox Executive Selection Ltd. is seeking a Crop Manager for a prominent fresh produce farming operation in Cambridgeshire. The role covers end-to-end crop production, from planning and establishment to harvest readiness and forecasting, with strong collaboration across agronomists, suppliers and operations.

You will influence crop planning and execution with genuine autonomy, driving performance and quality to meet customer expectations and yield targets. Prior hands-on leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in field-scale vegetable production.
• Ability to plan rotations and planting schedules.
• Knowledge of crop establishment and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Annual crop plans, rotations and planting schedules.
• Crop establishment and ongoing crop performance.
• Managing third-party plant raisers and plant supply.
• Nutrition, irrigation and crop protection programmes.
• Crop walking, maturity assessment and yield forecasting.
• Forecasting harvest volumes and determining harvest sequencing.
• Crop input programmes and associated budgets.
• Soil health and sustainable growing practices.
• Assurance, compliance and customer requirements.
• Leading and developing the planting team.
• Driving continuous improvement across crop production.

Skills

Crop management

Vegetable production

Forecasting

Agronomy knowledge

Job description

Redfox Executive Selection Ltd. is seeking a Crop Manager for a prominent fresh produce farming operation in Cambridgeshire. The role covers end-to-end crop production, from planning and establishment to harvest readiness and forecasting, with strong collaboration across agronomists, suppliers and operations.

You will influence crop planning and execution with genuine autonomy, driving performance and quality to meet customer expectations and yield targets. Prior hands-on leadership is essential.