Seed Production Manager - FTC

Position: Seed Production Manager - 12month FTC
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Seed Production Manager - 12month FTC Position Type:
Temporary
- Full-Time

Requisition  Seed Production Manager - 12month FTC Montrose In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. About the role. The Seed Production Manager plays a key role in delivering a reliable and high-performing seed potato supply chain, overseeing production from mini-tubers through to commercial seed.

Working closely with growers, you'll drive crop performance, improve yields, and ensure a sustainable supply of high-quality seed potatoes to support the business's long-term growth. You'll also provide expert agronomy guidance and lead continuous improvement initiatives across the seed production network, helping our growers achieve their full potential. What you'll be doing. Lead the planning and delivery of our annual retained seed programme, ensuring the right seed stocks are selected, allocated, graded and stored to meet business requirements.

Manage the end-to-end production of contracted seed crops, from mini-tubers and high-grade seed through to commercial production, ensuring compliance with seed potato regulations. Drive crop performance and yield by selecting the right growers and matching varieties to the most suitable growing conditions. Build strong partnerships with growers, leading regular performance reviews and supporting continuous improvement in yield, quality, efficiency and cost.

Develop and maintain a high-performing and engaged network of seed suppliers that can meet both current and future business needs. Work closely with external agronomy and advisory partners to share best practice, strengthen grower performance and support the successful implementation of new initiatives. Collaborate with Seed and Agronomy teams to introduce new varieties, develop growing guidelines and support their successful progression from trial stages to commercial production.

Oversee seed certification processes, including crop inspections, measurements, harvest quality reporting and stock management. Lead crop assessment activities throughout the growing season, using key insights and data to optimise harvest timing, maximise yields and maintain seed quality standards. Identify opportunities to improve processes across the seed supply chain, helping to deliver a more efficient, resilient and sustainable seed production programme.

What you'll need to be successful. Experience working within seed potato production, with a strong understanding of crop management and the factors that influence seed quality and yield. Sound technical knowledge of seed potato agronomy and a passion for driving crop performance through best practice and continuous improvement. A good understanding of seed potato legislation and certification requirements, with the ability to ensure compliance across the production cycle.

Strong relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work closely with growers, suppliers and industry partners to achieve shared goals. The ability to analyse data, identify opportunities and make informed decisions that improve performance across the supply chain. Well-organised and able to manage multiple priorities, balancing long-term planning with day-to-day operational requirements. Previous people leadership or team management experience would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Word, with the ability to work confidently with production and performance data. Benefits. Although we do encourage you to taste the goods, you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in…