JOB PROFILE

Job Title: Graduate Trainee

Department: Technical/Agronomy/Production

Reports to: Line Manager

Company: BerryWorld Group

Location: Various locations within the UK depending on business requirements

Salary: £22,000 with opportunity to rise subject to performance

Job Purpose:

To acquire sufficient knowledge and experience to fulfil a production, packing or technical role in a managerial capacity at the end of the training period.

Key Accountabilities and Objectives:

Depending on the specific rotations of the graduate scheme these may include:

• Soft fruit production and protection

• How to successfully grow and harvest soft fruit crops
• Understanding and application of agronomic practices
• How to manage a workforce

• Packhouse management, quality assurance and auditing

• How to meet customer quality expectations
• Understanding of the chill chain and process flow
• Meeting customer deadlines
• How to manage a workforce

• Plant production and propagation

• How to successfully grow and harvest commercial plant material
• Understanding of plant breeding and propagation
• Meeting customer deadlines
• How to manage a workforce

• An understanding of Customer-Grower interactions

• How to successfully market soft fruit to commercial retailers
• Understanding of the relationship management between customer and grower
• Meeting customer deadlines
• Understanding how local production fits within global fruit production

• Agroeconomic sustainability and Biodiversity

• Understanding the factors affecting sustainable soft fruit production
• How to manage and compile trial data
• Look at new technologies to improve suitability
• Find ways to increase IPM efficacy in soft fruit production

Key Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate and communicate with people at all levels

• Self-organised with an ability to plan a workload

• Resilience, the ability to work in pressurised situations and numerous weather conditions

• Flexibility, the ability to occasionally work unsociable hours and drive long distances

• Good time management skills, accustomed to meeting time critical deadlines

• Enthusiastic with a willingness to learn quickly

Company Initiatives and Compliance

• Take responsibility for the Health and Safety of yourself and others whilst at work

• Support Company Initiatives and demonstrate Company Values.

• To comply with all legal and statutory obligations applicable to the role.

• Participate in training and personal development activities as required

• Carry out any other reasonable tasks as required by the Company.

Other Information: This is a two-year trainee scheme made up of scheduled placements; these are likely to vary in location and ability to relocate is pre-requisite.

This job description is a summary of the main duties of the role but is not exhaustive. It may be reviewed and updated regularly in discussion with the post holder.