Do you combine deep cultivation expertise with clear, people‑focused leadership?
Do you know how to guide a team of skilled professionals by offering trust and autonomy, rather than micromanagement?

Do you thrive in a practical, results‑driven environment where quality, ambition and job satisfaction go hand in hand — and would you like to work for a sustainable market leader in floriculture that is forward‑thinking and continuously invests in people and craftsmanship?

What does your role as Head of Cultivation involve?

As Head of Cultivation, you provide technical direction for all cultivation processes and hold final responsibility for the Cultivation department at our Rijsenhout location, with Lisianthus as the primary product group within a broad assortment of young cut‑flower plants. You contribute to consistent quality and reliable delivery within a professional, sustainable growing organization.

What will you be doing?

• You lead the cultivation team of five experienced growers and organize the day‑to‑day cultivation activities.

• You hold technical responsibility for all cultivation processes, with a strong focus on Lisianthus and consistent quality across all product groups.

• You manage for results and quality while allowing space for craftsmanship and professional autonomy.

• You identify deviations early and make short‑cycle adjustments based on data, observations, and hands‑on experience.

• You initiate and guide structural improvements and trial productions within cultivation and operational processes.

• You ensure controlled operational management, including planning, budgets, and investment oversight.

• You work closely with other departments and report directly to the Manager Operations.

About you

• You possess strong technical expertise in cultivation and have extensive experience in the (greenhouse) horticultural sector.

• You have experience leading skilled professionals and know how to bring together different perspectives.

• You are decisive, stay on course, and are confident in making well‑founded choices.

• You communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating with other disciplines.

• You effortlessly switch between directive, coaching, and hands‑on leadership styles.

• You thrive in a no‑nonsense culture: doing what needs to be done, honoring commitments, and improving together.
  

Your leadership style

• People‑focused and coaching: you recognize talent, make use of it, and help people grow.

• Trust‑based leadership: you give autonomy and ownership within clear frameworks and expectations.

• Quality‑ and results‑driven: you balance day‑to‑day operational needs with long‑term development and continuity.

• Visible and approachable: you are present, accessible, and you place responsibility where it belongs.

• Decisive and consistent: you make well‑founded decisions while valuing the input of a team of independently minded specialists.
  

What we offer you

Working at Florensis

Florensis is a leading family business in the international ornamental horticulture sector. We strive to be the most reliable, innovative and sustainable breeder and propagator. We have production and breeding locations in the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Kenya and Ethiopia. With more than 2,000 employees, we annually supply a product range of 4,000 plant varieties to 8,000 professional growers in 50 countries. Corporate social responsibility comes as natural to us as offering the best quality with the highest supply reliability.

Florensis Cut Flowers is Europe's largest supplier of young plants of cut flowers from seed. The 5.1 ha production location is in Rijsenhout (NL), near Schiphol Airport. In addition to the sales office, this is where you will find our nursery, sowing lines, advanced sorting robots, distribution and a small trial garden. With a total of over 40 permanent employees, we yearly supply more than 340 million young plants to professional cut flower growers worldwide.