Regional Agronomy & Category Support Manager - Seedless Table Grapes

Ceres | Recruitment | Interim | Executive | Food & Agri; Puglia; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office with travel

Autonomy in role

Exposure to international markets

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Ceres | Recruitment | Interim | Executive | Food & Agri in Italy seeks an experienced agronomist specializing in viticulture to translate agronomic strategy into operational excellence across seedless table grape production. The role combines pre-harvest technical skills with post-harvest supervision in an autonomous field-based position.

You will partner with growers and OPs to improve yield, quality and supply chain alignment, monitor growers across Italy and Southern Europe, and coordinate

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in agronomy or plant sciences with relevant field experience.
• Experience translating agronomic strategy into operational practices.

Responsibilities

• Grower management and agronomical support across national and international seedless table grape growers; initial focus on Italian growers (80%).
• Provide clear agronomic guidelines for production practices, crop performance, and yield improvements while respecting IP and licensing.
• Coordinate market specs, phytosanitary rules, and export requirements to align production with customer needs.
• Ensure quality standards, budgets and deadlines across vineyard, packing, and export stages.
• Collect and analyze operational data to support planning and informed decisions; prepare technical reports.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Quality, and Export teams to align production with shipping schedules.
• Supervise packing and dispatch processes to meet standards and producer agreements.
• Recommend process improvements and document best practices to standardize operations.
• You report to the Global Head Agronomist / Production Manager with dotted line to the Commercial Manager.

Skills

Viticulture

Agronomy

Data Analytics

Grower Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Agronomy

Tools

IPM Knowledge

Job description

Are you an experienced agronomist specializing in viticulture and ready to help shape the future of a global table grape leader by translating agronomic strategy into operational excellence? Do you get fuelled by supporting growers and OPs to enhance yield, quality and supply chain alignment? You like to combine technical pre-harvest skills with post-harvest supervision and up for an autonomous, field-based role with measurable impact on yield, continuous improvement and productivity? This is your chance to grow with us and make your mark,

Our customer is a family-owned global produce leader integrating production, marketing, and distribution to supply international markets. Backed by a worldwide network, they connect selected growers and their own fields to retail and wholesale with tailored value propositions and a strong commitment to sustainability.

Job description

Oversee and monitor agronomic activities across the vineyards to optimize the commercial yield, growth, and overall health of seedless table grapes. Partner with growers to translate tech transfer and best practices to into practical vineyard management, crop protection, and premium fruit quality standards, ensuring full alignment with commercial production goals.

Main Responsibilities:

• Grower Management & Agronomical Support: Deliver hands-on technical assistance to national and international seedless table grape growers and OP’s to ensure compliance with company production programs; initial focus on Italian growers (80%) and the remainder 20% across other Southern European countries.
• Club Varieties & Tech Transfer: Provide clear agronomic guidelines to growers and OP’s to improve production practices, crop performance, quality and yield. Oversee the cultivation and technical management of proprietary club varieties in compliance with IP and licensing rules and tech transfer protocols
• Market access and Commercial & Export Alignment:Optimize crop handling to satisfy national and international market specs, phytosanitary rules, and global customer requirements.
• Quality & Compliance Oversight:Ensure adherence to quality standards, budget and deadlines across various stages of the production in the vineyard, packing and export process. Partnering with growers to proactively identify deviations, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Planning & Data Analytics: Support production planning and track seasonal progress by collecting and analysing operational data to facilitate informed commercial and operational decisions. Prepare regularly technical and management reports to the Production Manager and related cross-functional teams.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with Commercial, Quality, and Comex (export/logistics) teams to ensure alignment between production planning, commercial requirements and shipping schedules.
• Operations & Post-Harvest Supervision: Supervise packing and dispatch processes to ensure standards are met, and producer and supplier agreements are fulfilled.
• Process Improvement: Recommend production process enhancements and document best practices to standardize operations and secure continuity.
• You report to the Global Head Agronomist / production manager and dotted line to the commercial manager.

Offer

• Excellent career opportunity to take on a key role in the company's regional agronomic development and management of premium club varieties.
• You are part of an ambitious and innovative company and work together with highly motivated and talented colleagues.
• Operational autonomy and the ability to make a concrete impact on export productivity and organization.
• Innovative, future-oriented environment combining cutting-edge agricultural technology and sustainability.
• Competitive integrated compensation package plus fringe benefits.

Location

Puglia, Home office with frequent travel across the region and occasional international travel.