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Fresh Produce & Food Products Manager

Higher Farm
Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Posted: 28 Oct 2024

Deadline: 5 Dec 2024

Compensation: £50-£60k per annum

Living Wage employer

Paid Full-time Permanent

Job description

We are a natural food and farming business situated on our 50 acre farm in Somerset. We are a young startup, and are looking for someone to manage and lead the growth of our fresh produce and food products business. 

Job Summary

You will be managing the two divisions of our food production: Fresh Produce and Food Products. For Fresh Produce, we grow natural fruit and veg on our farm, which we are looking to scale to a nationwide veg box business, as well as to local farmers markets, restaurants and shops. For Food Products, we are developing scalable natural products that can compete with large market-share holders. So far we have developed our Great British Ketchup and Farm Biscuits, we would be looking to scale these nationwide and then begin to launch new products. 

Business development:

• Increasing revenue both D2C and D2B

• Build and maintain strong relationships with accounts including, wholesalers, retailers, restaurants, households and other food services businesses

• Lead the launch of new retail products

• Work closely with our Marketing Manager to deliver sales targets

• Grow veg box business

• Grow food markets business 

• Grow food products into retailers nationwide 

Distribution management :

• Design and manage our new distribution warehouse

• Build operations systems to fulfil orders efficiently

• Work with farm managers for fresh produce supply

• Establish manufacturing system to scale the production of retail products nationwide

You will be joining a young company and building this department from the ground up. We are looking for:

• Builder and creator mindset

• High-energy and able to deal with fast pace work environment

• Problem solver and enterprising spirit

• Mission focused and highly passionate

Application information

Please email your application to matteo@higher-farm.co.uk

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