Fruit Collections Manager
2 days ago
At Scitex Recruitment, we're proud to be partnering with a leading kiwifruit industry service provider to appoint a Fruit Collections Manager. This is a pivotal position, responsible for leading seasonal sampling and field operations while ensuring quality, safety, and performance outcomes are met.
If you're organised, proactive, and enjoy leading teams in a dynamic environment, this could be a fantastic opportunity to grow your leadership career in horticultural operations.
What you will do
- Lead and coordinate the Collections team to deliver accurate and timely sampling across multiple workstreams.
- Plan pre-season setup, onboarding and training of seasonal staff, ensuring readiness for the season.
- Manage equipment, logistics, and workflow to ensure operational excellence and safe practices.
- Drive performance, reporting, and quality outcomes across the team throughout the main season.
What we're looking for
- Strong organisational and administrative capability – detail-focused and reliable under pressure.
- Experience in leading, training, or coordinating teams – with a calm and supportive leadership style.
- Knowledge of the kiwifruit industry or similar horticultural operations will be a strong advantage.
- Confident communicator with great interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Computer literate (especially Excel) and comfortable managing documentation and reporting.
What's in it for me?
- A leadership role in a business central to New Zealand's world-class kiwifruit industry.
- Work with a positive, experienced team that values collaboration and excellence.
- Opportunities for development in operations, quality, and people leadership.
- Permanent role based in Te Puke, with variety and responsibility throughout the season.
How to apply Click APPLY NOW or call Belinda McKenzie at Scitex Recruitment on for a confidential discussion.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, or resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
Scitex specialises in permanent, contract and temporary recruitment – and has done so since 1987. We are here to engineer better Mondays. We love connecting talented people with great work opportunities in workplaces where you can thrive and make a meaningful difference.
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