Section Manager
7 days ago
The British flower market is worth £1.2bn and MM Flowers supplies fresh cut flowers and bouquets to the U.K.’s and Europe’s leading flower retailers. We grow and source the highest quality and most beautiful blooms across the world, delivering colour, passion, and inspiration through breath-taking blooms.
Established in 2007, MM Flowers has grown exponentially every year and is based in a purpose built, state-of-the-art facility in Alconbury, Huntingdon. MM Flowers employs over 900 people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.
To continue our tremendous growth, we need the brilliant people to help us achieve our goals. We aim to deliver excellence at every point in the supply chain from distribution to processing, technical standards through to marketing, with consideration for our people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.
If this sounds like a company that you would like to be a part of, and you have the talent, energy, and drive to be a part of shaping our journey, we would love to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in Spalding as a Section Manager.
To lead, coach and mentor a team of Operatives responsible for Harvesting Tulips in a glasshouse environment. Key responsibilities include: health and safety, team management, quality and productivity.
Core Responsibilities
- Operating of key machinery (Bench System/Furora) to ensure harvesting process is completed in the most efficient, safe and productive manner.
- Proactively dealing with challenges and issues as they arise (inc. health and safety, quality and HR).
- Monitoring the performance of the Glasshouse operation on a regular basis – ensuring appropriate action is taken if progress is behind plan.
- Responsible for correct and efficient harvesting of flowers within the glasshouse and checking accuracy of staff in cropping to instructed specification.
- Appropriate escalation of issues relating to pest control and disease.
- Ensure the team clearly understand the quality standards required by customers (as outlined in Quality guidelines) and that corrective action including training is provided by standard fall below requirements.
- Ensure that the team operate to appropriate levels of health and safety and systems of work and provide coaching and training where standards fall short of expectations.
- Maintain high levels of housekeeping at all times.
- Undertake other duties as required, including to cover annual leave, which may include operating Forklift and undertaking tasks associated with growing and efficient running of the glasshouse/other production areas.
What you can already do
- Driven and proactive
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Teamwork
- Consistency & reliability - lead by example, being there for your team and business
- Decision Making
- Conflict resolution
So, what’s the package? When you work at MM Flowers you get more than just a salary.
- Holiday allowances are calculated on the days worked and you can find your allowance in your offer letter.
- Pension Scheme - You will be auto-enrolled onto the company pension scheme after 3 months. At present we operate an auto enrolment scheme where you will benefit from contributions from us.
- Onsite Parking – free parking is available onsite.
- Recommend a Friend Scheme – £250 is payable to you when you recommend a friend who is successful through the application process and successfully completes their 3-month probationary period.
- Career Progression – we actively encourage employees from within the business to consider roles which become available and whether that be within their field or want to consider a cross functional move.
- Wonderful working environment– we are all working in a modern contemporary purpose-built State of the Art facility.
- We are committed to an open ethical and fair working environment and have a Whistleblowing Policy in place to ensure complaints and concerns are handled appropriately.
- We work with an Occupational Health provider to support employees both mentally and physically.
- We run corporate engagement initiatives throughout the year.
- We gather employee feedback annually to see how we can improve the employee experience.
- Grocery Aid
What are you waiting for, we would love to hear from you.
If this position doesn’t match your experience but you love the sound of MM Flowers we welcome speculative applicants, please forward your cv and a covering letter about the type of role or function you are interested in being considered for.
MM Flowers are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we understand the benefits of nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, genetic information. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to complete the job role advertised are encouraged to apply.
We believe we can only achieve our potential if we employ a diverse population of people, ideas, and perspectives. We are committed to grow our workplace culture, encouraging team members to feel unique valued and engaged, enabling them to achieve their full potential.
All recruitment activities go through our internal Talent Acquisition Team and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to MM Flowers employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.
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