Garden Centre Manager

Morepeople 01780; West Byfleet; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Discount progression

Restaurant discount

Pension

Long service bonus

Christmas bonus

Job summary

Morepeople is seeking a Garden Centre Manager for a well established Surrey site within one of the UK's leading garden centre groups. You will own the commercial, operational and people performance of the centre.

The role is full time at 42.5 hours per week with alternate weekends. You will drive sales, margins and KPIs, lead a sizeable team, maintain high merchandising standards and manage stock and costs across the centre.

Qualifications

• Experienced garden centre manager with a proven track record.
• Commercial focus on margins and KPIs.
• Strong people management of established teams.
• Garden centre or horticulture experience preferred.
• Hands-on leadership balancing people and commercial duties.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales, KPIs and overall commercial performance across the centre.
• Lead and develop a sizeable team of full and part time staff.
• Provide clear direction to an experienced and established team.
• Maintain high retail and merchandising standards across the centre.
• Ensure seasonal ranges, plants and other perishable products are managed commercially.
• Manage costs, margins, stock and overall centre performance.
• Maintain a visible presence across the centre and build strong relationships with the team.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance and continue developing an already successful site.

Skills

People management

Commercial awareness

Retail management

Job description

Garden Centre Manager

Location: Surrey
Salary: Highly Competitive, DOE
Hours: Full time 42.5 hours per week, alternate weekends

This is a great opportunity to take ownership of a well established and successful garden centre within one of the UK's leading garden centre groups.

It's a site with plenty of heritage, a long standing team and a strong horticultural offering. The role has come about due to an internal promotion, creating the opportunity for an experienced manager to come in and continue driving the centre forward.

What you'll be doing:

As Garden Centre Manager, you'll have overall responsibility for the commercial, operational and people performance of the centre.

• Driving sales, KPIs and overall commercial performance across the centre.
• Leading and developing a sizeable team of full and part time staff.
• Providing clear direction to an experienced and established team.
• Maintaining high retail and merchandising standards across the centre.
• Ensuring seasonal ranges, plants and other perishable products are managed commercially.
• Managing costs, margins, stock and overall centre performance.
• Maintaining a visible presence across the centre and building strong relationships with the team.
• Identifying opportunities to improve performance and continue developing an already successful site.

What they're looking for:

• An experienced Garden Centre Manager with a proven track record of running a successful centre.
• A commercially minded retail manager with a strong understanding of sales, margins and KPIs.
• A strong people manager who can lead an established team and provide clear direction.
• Garden centre experience is strongly preferred, although experienced Store Managers from relevant retail environments involving horticulture or perishable products will be considered.
• Good horticultural knowledge, qualifications or a genuine interest in plants.
• A hands on manager who can balance people management with the commercial side of running the centre.

Why join?

• Join one of the UK's most established garden centre groups.
• Take ownership of a successful and well established centre.
• Experienced, long standing team already in place.
• Strong horticultural focus and established local customer base.
• Genuine progression opportunities across the wider group.
• Profit related Christmas bonus, historically paid every year for the last 20 years and typically around 3-4% of salary.
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays, increasing to 31 days after 2 years and 33 days after 5 years.
• 20% garden centre discount on joining, increasing to 25% after 2 years and 30% after 5 years.
• 50% discount across the group's restaurants.
• Company pension and additional long service benefits.