Production & Collections Data Manager
$49,920–$69,992 year
On-siteWinters, California, United States
Job Summary
Manage production and collections data for Hedgerow Farms and NativeSeed Group's California wildland program, building models, tracking yields, and maintaining historical records for leadership planning. Coordinate day-to-day logistics by securing right-of-entry permits, arranging crew lodging, and tracking real-time field-material poundage and collection schedules. Administer regulatory compliance by preparing Pesticide Use Reports, submitting CCIA applications, and managing site inspections to ensure legal seed certification. Maintain organized contracts folders, track financials and payments, and produce reports for client meetings. Support farm administration by receiving shipments, coordinating IT and logistics needs, and identifying automation opportunities to streamline recurring manual work.
Required Qualifications
- Three or more years in agricultural operations, farm administration, or a data and analysis role
- Botanical training and familiarity, specifically with flora of Northern and Central California
- Demonstrated file and data organization discipline in a shared environment (SharePoint or equivalent) serving multiple stakeholders
- Conversational or fluent Spanish
- Mapping and GIS competence (ArcGIS, OnX, Google Earth or similar) sufficient to produce permit maps and maintain site records
- Proven ability to set priorities and hold deadlines across competing requests from farm, accounting, administration and commercial stakeholders
- High detail orientation with a bias toward building scalable templates and solutions instead of answering the same question twice
- Valid driver's license
- Willingness to travel to farms and remote collections sites, including occasional overnight travel and time in a hotel
Desired Qualifications
- Native seed, seed production or specialty crop experience
- Advanced Excel: lookups, pivot tables, and the ability to build a durable model rather than a one-off sheet
- Working familiarity with CCIA seed certification and California DPR pesticide use reporting
- Experience with seed inventory or ERP systems and report generation
- Exposure to sales and operations planning (S&OP) or production planning processes
- Interest in applying automation and AI tools to routine operational work
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