Chief Nursery Production & Sustainability Lead

Red Sea Global; Umluj; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Botanica, part of Red Sea Global, seeks a seasoned leader to head nursery production for internal and external projects. You will oversee propagation, stock management, biosecurity, and cost control across an 180-hectare nursery and related facilities.

You will translate demand plans into production schedules, manage live plant inventory, and drive safety and quality standards including ISO frameworks. Fluent English and experience in arid-climate horticulture are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Horticulture, Agriculture, Landscape Architecture or Agricultural Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years in large-scale nursery with 7+ years leading production operations.
• Proven experience in arid-climate horticulture, native species, biosecurity and irrigation management.
• Experience supplying plant material to large-scale landscape developments, including imported and specimen stock.

Responsibilities

• Translate the approved demand plan into production, import and growing plans (propagation, growing cycles, mother stock, imports) with the PMO.
• Achieve production volumes, plant readiness dates, germination and survival targets; manage the live plant inventory with accurate stock records.
• Review plant BOQs for all RSG and external projects; confirm availability, substitutions and lead times before Commercial commits.
• Lead plant propagation (seed, cuttings, grafting, layering, division), greenhouses and shade houses, flower and food production, indoor plants and the seed bank.
• Own the Biosecurity Protocol: inspection of incoming and imported material, phytosanitary documentation, quarantine, hygiene and traceability.
• Lead the integrated pest and disease management (IPM) programme and the R&D roadmap (propagation techniques, substrates, irrigation, climate-resilient species).
• Ensure compliance with MEWA requirements and the use of approved species only.

Skills

Production planning

Inventory control

IPM & biosecurity

Labour management

Horticulture expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Horticulture/Agriculture/Landscape

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Botanica, part of Red Sea Global, seeks a seasoned leader to head nursery production for internal and external projects. You will oversee propagation, stock management, biosecurity, and cost control across an 180-hectare nursery and related facilities.

You will translate demand plans into production schedules, manage live plant inventory, and drive safety and quality standards including ISO frameworks. Fluent English and experience in arid-climate horticulture are valued.