Senior Crop Manager: Sweetcorn and Seed Maize Harvest Lead

LeaderBrand Produce Limited; Gisborne, Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LeaderBrand in Gisborne is seeking a Senior Crop Manager to lead sweetcorn and seed maize crops from planting to harvest. This hands-on role requires strong field judgement and ownership of crop performance, yield, and quality.

You will plan planting programmes around supply and sales, manage irrigation, nutrition, crop protection, maturity, and harvest timing, and lead seasonal staff while coordinating with harvest, logistics and sales teams to ensure the right crop at the right time.

Qualifications

• Proven commercial crop-management or agronomy experience.
• Strong practical field judgement and crop-production knowledge.
• Experience with irrigation, crop inputs, machinery and harvest planning.
• Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-moving seasonal environment.
• Good planning and communication skills.
• Full New Zealand driver licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead sweetcorn and seed maize crops from planting to harvest.
• Plan planting programmes around supply, harvest and sales.
• Manage irrigation, nutrition, crop protection, maturity and quality.
• Monitor crops closely and resolve issues early.
• Collaborate with harvest, operations, logistics and sales teams.
• Lead seasonal staff and support safe field operations.

Skills

Crop management

Field judgement

Irrigation

Harvest planning

Team leadership

NZ driving licence

Tools

Irrigation systems

Harvest machinery

Crop inputs management

Job description

LeaderBrand in Gisborne is seeking a Senior Crop Manager to lead sweetcorn and seed maize crops from planting to harvest. This hands-on role requires strong field judgement and ownership of crop performance, yield, and quality.

You will plan planting programmes around supply and sales, manage irrigation, nutrition, crop protection, maturity, and harvest timing, and lead seasonal staff while coordinating with harvest, logistics and sales teams to ensure the right crop at the right time.