Plant Production Supervisor

Description: Plant Production Supervisor Department: Plant Science & Conservation Supervisor: Horticulture Manager Supervises: Assigned nursery and production personnel, Gardeners, Horticulture Interns, and Volunteers FLSA Salary Classification: Full-time, Exempt Revision Date: October 2026 Availability: Ability to work a flexible schedule. Work will require occasional evenings, regular weekends, and occasional holiday hours depending on the season. Position Summary: Lead the day-to-day operations of Huntsville Botanical Garden’s greenhouse and nursery production facilities, including production planning, propagation, crop scheduling, plant health, inventory management, and supervision of assigned staff and volunteers. Deliver high-quality plant material for Garden landscapes, living collections, education programs, and Plant Sales in coordination with the Horticulture Manager, Curator, and other institutional partners. Translate approved priorities and budgets into reliable production plans, accurate records, and measurable operational results while advancing sustainable growing practices and operational resilience. Essential Functions: Plan and conduct propagation and production of a wide variety of plants for Garden collections and displays, educational programs, events, and Plant Sales; coordinate production priorities and identify capacity constraints with the Horticulture Manager and relevant program leads. Develop and maintain integrated crop schedules, production forecasts, growing-space allocations, and resource plans. Recommend production-versus-purchase decisions, monitor milestones and crop readiness, and promptly communicate material risks, losses, or competing priorities. Manage daily greenhouse and nursery operations, including growing environments, irrigation, fertigation, integrated pest management, sanitation, biosecurity, crop quality, and safe use of equipment. Responsible for routine grounds upkeep in production areas and coordinating facility repairs and preventive maintenance with Facilities and the Horticulture Manager. Monitor greenhouse environmental control systems and growing conditions, including temperature, humidity, moisture, ventilation, and irrigation. Maintain operational and treatment records, troubleshoot problems within delegated authority, and escalate system failures or infrastructure needs. Perform operational planning for and execution of plant production, sourcing, and inventory management for Spring and Fall Plant Sales. Develop assortment recommendations, detailed production and procurement plans, inventory forecasts, and resource requirements consistent with approved sales targets, product-mix strategy, pricing parameters, and budgets. Coordinate Plant Sale plant purchasing within approved authority; oversee inventory accuracy, plant identification, quality, labeling, pricing implementation, staging, replenishment, and post-sale plant inventory reconciliation. Coordinate routine nursery operations and task handoffs with PSC staff; report progress, risks, and recommendations in departmental meetings. Maintain accurate production, procurement, inventory, plant disposition, and crop performance records. Analyze crop losses, costs, growing-space utilization, and other operational indicators to support budget development, performance evaluation, forecasting, and continuous improvement. Supervise assigned staff, interns, and volunteers through scheduling, work assignments, delegation, technical training, coaching, performance feedback, and safety oversight. Promote cross-training, documentation, and continuity of essential operations. Collaborate with the Curator and conservation personnel to implement approved propagation, safeguarding, collections, and research-related production activities. Follow established requirements for plant identification, provenance tracking, documentation, biosecurity, and collections policy; refer curatorial and conservation priority decisions to the …

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