JOW: Garden Centre Manager

Your primary responsibility will be to provide management support to one of our award-winning Garden Centres.

Working closely with the Operations Manager to help the business to succeed.

Rota: Full Time - 40 hours per week, including alternate weekends

Main duties and responsibilities:

• New ideas for building sales and profit are generated and effectively communicated to teams


• Ensure excellence of customer service is achieved throughout the centre


• Work closely and effectively with product managers to ensure purchasing is within the company product range.


• Constructive participation in all management meetings


• Excellent standards of merchandising and housekeeping are maintained in accordance with company guidelines.


• Liase closely with Product Managers as part of the annual range review process


• Understand the business plan and actively participate in delivering it's goals


• Create performance monitors - product, service and people performance- and review regularly


• Appropriately plan and utilise department resources to achieve targets

To be successful in this role, we are looking for people:

• Proven experience of working in similar role within a retail environment is essential


• Organised, self-disciplined with a positive, collaborative attitude


• Plant and Sundries knowledge is essential