Regional Crop Manager

Position Title: Regional Crop Manager

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:42746

Regional Crop Manager.

About McCain.

At McCain were feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles we contribute to the important role food plays in peoples lives. Thats why were dedicated to ensuring our core valuesFamily Authentic Trusted and Qualityshine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience a presence in more than 160 countries and a global team of 22000 people our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together along with our business and community partners to bring sustainable growth and positive change today tomorrow and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Why join the McCain family.

• Your Life were here to help you fulfil your potential flourish and thrive in work and life.
• Your Success work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions drive and success.
• Your Impact we want you to make a meaningful lasting impact for you for your colleagues and for the business.

About the role.

This role puts you right at the heart of McCains agricultural operation. Youll be working closely with growers across the region helping them meet their contractual commitments and making sure the right quality potatoes are delivered at the right time.

A big part of the role is keeping people in the loop. Youll be pulling together clear meaningful crop intelligence and making sure it reaches everyone who needs it so that deliveries run smoothly and quality stays where it needs to be.

Youll also be working alongside the Regional Agriculture Manager lending real support to the bigger strategic picture and helping to strengthen McCains grower relationships

Leadership Principles.

Our principles each with related practices guide our actions across the organisation. Together they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition curiosity and smart risks we can accomplish goals refine processes and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first showing humility and working together.

We act like owners. Together we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

Accountabilities.

• Work hand in hand with the Regional Agriculture Manager to help bring the strategic objectives to life playing an active role in making things happen on the ground.
• Partner with the Crop Management Technician to make sure crop intelligence is accurate timely and genuinely useful keeping all the right people informed at every stage of the growing and storage cycle.
• Keep growers focused on what matters most delivering the right quality potatoes at the right time and making sure contractual commitments are being met throughout the season.
• Build real trusted relationships with growers and grower groups through regular contact honest conversations and solid technical and commercial support. Be a proactive and visible presence representing McCain in the right way across the grower base.
• Champion quality improvement across the board encouraging and supporting growers to consistently raise the standard of the potatoes they produce.
• Make sure potato seed is ordered correctly and on time using the right processes and systems to keep things running smoothly between McCain Potatoes and contract growers. Step in to carry out seed quality inspections where needed and handle any complaints in a professional and timely way.
• Give growers the agronomic support they need to get the best out of their crops from putting together solid crop production plans to keeping a close eye on progress through the growing season and into store.

Experience

• A background working with growers in a quality or agronomic capacity getting hands on with crop performance and bringing genuine expertise to the role.
• Direct experience working with a processing potato crop with a solid understanding of what good looks like from field to factory.
• Some experience managing customer or grower relationships with the confidence to build rapport and handle conversations at all levels.
• Comfortable using bespoke agricultural computer systems or the willingness and ability to pick them up quickly.

Knowledge

• A strong working knowledge of agriculture and potato crop production with the practical understanding to support growers through every stage of the season.
• A tertiary qualification in agriculture or a related discipline or equivalent experience gained on the ground.
• BASIS and FACTS qualifications already in place or a genuine commitment to achieving them within 12 months of starting the role.

Location.

Being in the office every single day is a thing of the past. Here at McCain we champion hybrid working. This means we dont have a set expectation of exactly when you need to be in the office however we do encourage our full-time office-based people to connect in person with others for around half of their working time as thats the best way for us to build and maintain our connections. Our head office (Customer Experience Centre) is on the outskirts of Scarborough 1.5 hours away from Leeds City Centre and about an hour from York. We have lots of colleagues who travel to and from our Experience Centre (even if it is just for a good coffee!) and because hybrid really does mean hybrid at McCain they get the opportunity to collaborate with their colleagues when theyre in the office and balance that with working from home to ensure they get a good life-work balance.

The benefits of working for McCain.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods youll be pleased to know we dont pay you in chips. For working hard youll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• Company Car
• Annual performance related bonus
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Chips In Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness resilience and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

The McCain experience (standard across all job postings).

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individuallyyour impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here you have the opportunity to learn grow and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why were better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family:Agriculture
Division:GB Agriculture
Department:Agriculture Technical
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough
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Company:McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd