Horticulture Customer Advisor

Dobbies; East Oakley; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Employee discounts

Stream financial wellbeing

Retail Trust support

Dobbies Academy access

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Dobbies is seeking a friendly, customer-focused team member to join our store floor. You will help customers with plants, gardening products and garden machinery, while promoting Dobbies Club benefits and delivering outstanding service.

Join a collaborative team, contribute to a clean, well-organised department, and support flexible shop-floor duties including stock handling, till work, and occasional restaurant service.

Qualifications

• You will have a passion for delivering a great customer experience.
• Experience in a customer facing role and a passion for plants.
• Ability to lift heavy objects to support larger store projects.
• You work well within a team, build relationships and celebrate success.
• You show up to work on time, are well presented and bring a can-do attitude.
• Eager to learn new skills and gain new experiences.
• Demonstrate our values at all times - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile.

Responsibilities

• Deliver inspirational standards through excellent service.
• Drive sales via customer interactions and promote Dobbies Club membership benefits.
• Provide high-quality product knowledge on indoor/outdoor plants, machinery and core gardening items.
• Keep the department to a high standard in collaboration with your team.
• Support stock, till work, deliveries, stock control and restaurant service as required.

Skills

Customer service

Plant knowledge

Teamwork

Heavy lifting

Punctual & presentable

Willingness to learn

Job description

Responsibilities

• Deliver inspirational gardening standards through excellent standards and service
• Driving sales through customer interactions, whilst promoting the benefits of the Dobbies Club membership
• Offering a helping hand with customer queries through high-quality product knowledge including indoor and outdoor plants, machinery and core gardening
• Working with your team to ensure the department is kept to a high standard
• You will also work on the shopfloor and other areas of the store as and when required, this may include working stock, cash handling, till work, take to car deliveries, stock control routines, restaurant service - an ideal opportunity to gain more skills and experience

Who we are looking for

• You'll have a passion for delivering a great customer experience, serving everyone with a smile
• Experience within a customer facing role and a passion for plants
• Ability to lift heavy objects to support larger store projects
• You work well within a team, build relationships, and have fun, whilst celebrating success
• You show up to work on time, well presented and bring your can do and hard working attitude along with you
• You are eager to learn new skills and gain new experiences
• Can demonstrate our values at all times - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers.

What we offer

• Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required
• Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls
• Access to Stream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice
• Access to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform
• Access to Dobbies Academy – continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes
• Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers

About us

At Dobbies, we’re proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK.

Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round.

Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for.

We’re committed to being a great place to work. We’re one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.