Technical Operations Lead
Pubblicato il 08-09-2026 - Jobtailor in Bologna
- Leading cool chain management activity, including stock monitoring and supporting European packhouses through the season.
- Ensuring cold chain integrity across truck, charter vessel and container transport movements.
- Developing and managing the Long-Term Storage trial programme across Europe.
- Driving execution of the Smart Monitoring Storage Library programme across France, Italy and Greece.
- Coordinating storage trial resources with internal teams and external partners across key European locations.
- Partnering with Innovation and Global Technical teams to develop future storage trials that improve pack-out, storage duration and fruit quality.
- Identifying, investigating and trialling new post-harvest technologies in collaboration with universities, suppliers, industry contacts and Zespri technical teams.
- Building capability with supply partners, laboratories and packhouse teams to lift post-harvest performance.
- Analysing and reporting trial outcomes in a structured, searchable format, including annual reviews and end-of-season performance analysis.
- Managing purchase orders and invoice processing for the Technical Operations team, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely approval.
Requirements
- Fluency in Italian and English; French would be advantageous.
- The ability to coach, influence and build capability with suppliers, partners and packhouse technical teams.
- 3-5 years’ experience in post-harvest operations.
- Knowledge of kiwifruit production systems, pre- and post-harvest processes, cold store operations and inventory management.
- Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and understand whole-system interdependencies.
- A clean driving licence and flexibility to travel within Italy, across Europe and internationally as required.
- Strong planning, organising, writing and reporting skills.
- A degree in Applied Sciences, Biological Sciences or equivalent experience.
- Flexibility around working hour