Harvest Executive

About the role

Everything the farms produce goes through you. You are responsible for planning the harvest across all projects, running it when the window opens, and making sure the produce is packed, graded and recorded properly on the way out.

You work across all farms rather than one. Planning happens in coordination with the Farm Portfolio Executives, who know what is ready on their projects and when. You take that, build the harvest schedule, and make sure the labour and packing capacity are in place before the window opens rather than on the morning it does.

During harvest you direct a labour team through picking, packing and grading. You do not pick. You decide the order, the pace and the standard, and you check the grading before anything is packed off.

The records matter as much as the produce. Every harvest is logged, by project and by grade. That data is what the business plans against, and it is the foundation of the pack level traceability programme we are building, where a customer will be able to trace a pack back through grading, harvest date and the plot it came from. The discipline you build now is what makes that possible.

The work is seasonal in shape. There are periods of planning and quiet record keeping, and there are weeks where a window is open and everything else waits.

You will report to a Farm Supervisor.

What you would do

• Track what is approaching harvest across every farm project
• Plan the harvest schedule in coordination with the Farm Portfolio Executives
• Work out labour and packing requirements ahead of each window and raise them in advance
• Direct the labour team through picking, packing and grading
• Set and enforce the grading standard before produce is packed
• Log every harvest by project, grade and quantity
• Maintain harvest data and report it to the office through the company app
• Flag losses, damage or shortfalls honestly and early

What we are looking for

• A diploma or degree in agriculture or horticulture, or equivalent experience in harvest or post harvest handling
• One to three years in field operations, preferably with harvest or packhouse exposure
• Able to plan ahead against a seasonal window rather than reacting on the day
• Able to direct a labour team under time pressure
• Accurate with counts, grades and records
• Willing to travel between farm projects and work long days during harvest windows
• Fluent in the local language for labour management
• Comfortable using a smartphone for daily reporting

What you can count on

How we hire

1. Step 1Apply in two minutesYour name, your mobile number and your resume. If you have no role in mind, leave your details in the talent pool instead and we will call when something fits.
2. Step 2A call from HRWe call to understand what you have done and what you want to do next, and to answer whatever you want to ask us.
3. Step 3The interviewWith HR and the manager for the role. If you are selected, a founder interview follows before the offer.
4. Step 4The offerIf it is a fit, HR makes you an offer setting out the role, the pay and the start date, and goes through it with you before you decide.

About Hebbevu

Hebbevu farms 1200+ acres without chemicals and looks after 2000+ desi cattle, and has delivered 19+ managed farmland projects for 1600+ co-farmers. Three brands sit on that: Hebbevu Managed Farmland at the farms in Penukonda, Hebbevu Fresh in the factory and the stores around Bengaluru, and Hebbevu Genetics with the cattle.