Head of Poultry in Cornwall

Help Shape the Future of Free Range Poultry

This isn't just another Head of Poultry role.

It's an opportunity to help shape the future of one of the UK's most distinctive and exciting food businesses.

At St Ewe, we've spent years challenging convention, pushing boundaries and proving that eggs can be so much more than a commodity. Today, we're a multi-award-winning, family-run B Corp business supplying major retailers, foodservice partners and chefs across the UK.

But we're only just getting started.

Our Purpose

We strive to crack open the power and potential of every egg.

Our 2030 Mission

To build the UK's most distinctive and trusted egg brand, known for exceptional quality, strong farming partnerships and leading the future of eggs. £150m+ sales.

We're looking for an exceptional Head of Poultry to help lead the next chapter of our journey.

Not someone who simply maintains standards.

Not someone who waits for problems to happen.

We're looking for someone who wants to build.

A leader who is passionate about poultry, thrives on developing people, builds trusted producer relationships and continuously raises the bar for welfare, performance and innovation.

You'll lead our Poultry Team and work closely with producers, vets, technical partners and the wider leadership team to build a resilient, high-performing free-range supply network that is recognised as the very best in the industry.

You'll help ensure that as St Ewe grows, we never lose sight of what matters most—our farmers, our hens, our customers and our purpose.

You'll thrive here if you:

• Love building high-performing teams and trusted producer partnerships
• Are passionate about animal welfare and free-range production
• Lead with humility, courage and authenticity
• Enjoy using data and practical insight to drive continuous improvement
• Believe that innovation and strong farming relationships go hand in hand
• Want to leave a lasting legacy for British farming, not simply maintain the status quo

Success in this role looks like:

• Building a confident, capable and engaged Poultry Team.
• Creating trusted, long-term partnerships with our producers.
• Driving improvements in flock welfare, health, egg quality and production performance.
• Strengthening compliance across Lion Code, RSPCA Assured and customer standards.
• Leading innovation, research and continuous improvement across our poultry network.
• Helping shape a producer proposition that creates value beyond price.
• Bringing practical poultry expertise into strategic business decisions as St Ewe continues to grow.

Our Values

Bold. Nurturing. Positive. Transparent.

These aren't words on a wall.

They shape every decision we make—from how we support our people and producers, to how we care for our hens, customers and communities.

As a certified B Corp, we're committed to building a business that delivers for people, planet and profit.

This is your opportunity

If you're excited by the chance to shape the future of free-range poultry, champion British farming and help build one of the UK's most loved and trusted food brands, we'd love to hear from you.

Your role:

This is not a role for someone who wants to maintain a system. It is for someone who wants to help shape the future of free range egg production at one of the UK’s most exciting egg businesses.

You will lead the St Ewe poultry function, taking ownership of flock performance, welfare, compliance and producer engagement across our free range egg production network. You will lead the Poultry Team, strengthen producer relationships, improve systems and help build a resilient, high-performing supply base that producers are proud to be part of.

Working as part of the senior leadership team, you will bring poultry insight, practical farm understanding and clear leadership into business planning and decision making as St Ewe continues to grow.

What does success look like?

• Lead, support and develop the Poultry Team, setting clear priorities, standards and ways of working.

• Own poultry performance across welfare, flock health, egg quality, mortality and production trends.

• Strengthen trusted, long-term producer relationships and help shape a producer proposition that creates value beyond price.

• Own poultry compliance across Lion Code, RSPCA Assured, customer standards and internal St Ewe requirements.

• Review and improve farm visit processes, records, reporting, action tracking and producer communication.

• Use data and benchmarking to identify risk, spot trends and target support where it has most impact.

• Work with producers, vets, feed companies, pullet suppliers and other partners to improve flock health, welfare, biosecurity and performance.

• Lead continuous improvement, including technical reviews, trials, research and development projects, and new ways of working.

• Work cross functionally to support customer expectations and business priorities.

• Represent St Ewe professionally across the poultry and wider agricultural sector.

Skills required:

• Strong poultry sector knowledge, ideally in layers, pullets, free range systems or producer networks.

• Strong understanding of welfare, flock performance, biosecurity and farm assurance.

• Confident using data to identify trends, manage risk and drive improvement.

• Clear communicator who can influence producers, colleagues and external partners.

• Commercial awareness and understanding of production economics.

• Practical, credible and confident on farm.

Relevant experience:

• Experience leading a team and building accountability.

• Experience working with producers, farmers or contract supply networks.

• Experience with poultry assurance standards, ideally Lion Code, RSPCA Assured and customer audits.

• Experience working with vets, feed companies, pullet suppliers or technical partners.

• Experience improving processes, reporting, performance systems or ways of working.

• Experience in an egg packing business or integrated poultry supply chain would be beneficial.