Horticulture Production Manager

Horticulture Senior Production Manager

Hampshire

£DOE + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

Overview

Want to help shape the future of one of the UK’s most respected nurseries?

Ready to lead production at real scale and be part of a major modernisation programme?

Hillier Nurseries, recently named International Grower of the Year, is offering a rare opportunity for an experienced Senior Production Manager to join its award-winning team. With more than 160 years of horticultural heritage and major development projects planned, there has never been a more exciting time to join Hillier as it continues to invest in modern, sustainable growing.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + car allowance
• 31 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Private healthcare, pension & life assurance
• Employee discount

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day running of production across the two nursery sites, ensuring crops are grown to exceptional quality, operations run efficiently, and the business is ready for its next stage of growth.
• Work closely with Hillier’s senior leadership, support a skilled, growing team, and help shape new processes, new technology, and long-term improvements across the nursery.
• Managing production operations and driving high standards across both Hillier sites.
• Leading, developing and supporting the growing team.
• Owning budgets, labour planning and CAPEX delivery.
• Ensuring Hillier’s nurseries run safely, professionally, and fully compliantly.
• Managing procurement and stock availability across all key inputs.
• Driving crop scheduling and collaborating with the horticulture & propagation teams.
• Supporting new product development and variety introductions.
• Championing continuous improvement, sustainability, and modern production methods.
• Acting as the key point of contact for plant health, crop protection and plant passporting.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in commercial nursery production.
• A background in people management, with the ability to build and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong technical plant knowledge: crop scheduling, plant health, propagation, irrigation, nutrition.
• Experience delivering operational change and introducing new technology or processes.
• Confidence with data, KPIs, planning and commercial decision-making.
• A forward-thinking, solutions-focused mindset.
• Passion for sustainable growing and modern horticultural methods.

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